Sentence examples for almost justified from inspiring English sources

In Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff and Cathy are never united, but their children fall in love: Heathcliff's behaviour is almost justified, as it has brought Linton and Cathy mark II together.

But there are not enough other voices to make this a rounded portrait, and by the end of the book the title seems almost justified: Sir Mark Sykes did not create the modern Middle East, but he did play a large, bumbling part in creating the circumstances in which injustices have festered and conflict has thrived.

It's about the Whistlestop Café in small-town Alabama, the two women who run the place (and live together and love each other), an abusive husband, the Ku Klux Klan, little boys who play too close to the railroad tracks, barbecue sauce and one tiny, almost justified murder.

The England international almost justified his selection in the opening minutes with a low shot from 12 yards that was well saved by goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg after latching on to a loose Fulham pass.

"Angels Collide" almost justified the overplayed invocation of seraphim with its bare-boned examination of regret.

Likewise, Ian MacDonald of TV Overmind proclaimed that the writers "found a great way to expand on ISIS' most emotionally unstable employees"; "Cheryl, whose crazy has been escalated to an almost extreme," MacDonald stated, "seems almost justified in her maladjusted-ness.

What about justified belief?

The risks he takes are almost always justified, however, by the comic resourcefulness of his imagination.

Corporate boards that awarded lush executive pay packages almost always justified them by saying they encouraged superior performance and were directly tied to benchmarks like profitability.

Aside from the psychological impact of being declared bankrupt, there is also the fear – almost certainly justified – that a bankruptcy judge will allow management to tamper with its pension obligations to them.

These were mere pinpricks, however, amid a raft of other measures – almost invariably justified by the fight against terrorism – that turned Britain into one of the most surveilled states in the western world.