Sentence examples for 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.

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

Mr. Friedman should give up his attempt to rationalize the irrational and admit that former President George W. Bush's invasion was a ghastly and unforgivable mistake.

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.

He attempted to rationalize the Knicks' struggles this season.

Worse, it is deeply offensive in its attempts to rationalize the fascist politics of Unity and Diana.

It's about defending the privileges of the rentiers, who are assumed to be central to everything; the specific stories are just attempts to rationalize the unchanging goal.

In short, Turgot attempted to rationalize the administrative practices of the French state and to individuate French social and economic life.

Despite their attempts to rationalize their previous failures, one would be hard pressed to view these Mets as being as good as the team that played in the World Series last season.