Sentence examples for constituted legitimate from inspiring English sources
What constituted legitimate resistance to established authorities?
At Versailles, the conflict pertaining to the means used to prosecute war in New France would result in political and cultural crises over what constituted legitimate violence in defense of the empire.
"These forces were fully integrated with Saddam Hussein's command and controls and therefore constituted legitimate military targets that posed a threat to coalition forces," a White House official said.
When the chairman, Philip Givens, sought to speak, he was drowned out by shouts of "Gang of swine, resign!" A spokesman for the board said that the commissioners had decided that the raids constituted legitimate police action.
The other networks had complained that those blacked-out portions, which included introductions of the President and speeches by Donald P. Hodel, the Secretary of the Interior, John F. Lehman Jr., the Secretary of the Navy, and President Francois Mitterrand of France constituted legitimate national news.
The armed group Ansaru split with Boko Haram in January 2012, reportedly over disagreements about what constituted legitimate targets.
Does laughing uncontrollably on a subway train constitute legitimate literary criticism?
It is a move to redefine what constitutes legitimate law enforcement from the front.
We cannot have the police making decisions about what constitutes legitimate politics in this country.
The job of determining what constitutes legitimate political debate and what constitutes incitement is clearly ultimately for courts.
Technology journalists are, unsurprisingly, questioning whether Uber's radar for what constitutes "legitimate business" has been malfunctioning for some time.
