Sentence examples for an attempt to rationalize from inspiring English sources

The prisoners interpreted these signs as an attempt to rationalize an imminent act of violence.

From a business standpoint, Twitter's decision to limit the use of the A.P.I. is an attempt to rationalize and control its business.

But the banks' simplistic statements are merely an attempt to rationalize and obfuscate one of the largest illegal transfers of wealth from consumers to banks in American history.

First, his just insistence on the role of racism as an attempt to rationalize abuses might lead some readers to conclude that the real harm is done by whatever causes people to abuse outsiders in the first place.

Mr. Ryan's conversion was helped along by the State Legislature, which consistently refused to consider any of the laws he promoted in an attempt to rationalize the death penalty system.

I reviewed experimental studies performed over a time period of 70 years in an attempt to rationalize this knowledge.

Hunting is cruel and cowardly, and any attempt to rationalize or gain acceptance for it as a sport does not eradicate this fact.

This fake "gold and lithium" story is a lame attempt to rationalize a failing war.

The Kemsley Manual of [Good] Journalism was therefore my father's attempt to rationalize an inky trade, and make it modern by thoughtful planning and the choice of good reporters.

Where some females tend to simply eat less out of a desire to be thin or develop bulimia as a way to counteract overeating, males attempt to rationalize weight loss through dieting and overeating by training harder and more frequently.

However, patients often attempt to rationalize their fall to a trip or a slip, and good history-taking skills are required to establish whether it was a true accidental fall.