Sentence examples similar to compulsion to justify from inspiring English sources

This compulsion for architects to justify their schemes with references to historical or natural precedents is not unique to the Middle East, although it does seem to be incredibly popular here.

On the one hand, it's like a literary version of Mike Mills's "Beginners," almost entirely populated by Hasids; on the other, it's a wonderful exploration of the stories we tell ourselves to justify and impart narrative weight to our curiosities and compulsions.

"It was hard to justify.

But it was harder to justify now.

She used exercise to justify eating more.

The reasoning is hard to justify.

As if I have to justify it.

They did nothing to justify it".

"There were no grounds to justify deferral".

To justify myself.

I find it hard to justify.