Sentence examples for could rationalize from inspiring English sources
"could rationalize" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe when someone is able to explain or justify their own behavior or beliefs. For example, "He could rationalize why he had done such an unwise thing."
As a writing teacher, I could rationalize and appreciate the girl's efforts.
The Devil Rays could rationalize that they were moving that part of their budget from the player payroll to the manager.
At least after the extra-inning loss in Game 1, Mets' fans could rationalize that the Mets had hurt themselves more than the Yankees had.
But they noted that Mr. Obama voted as a senator to filibuster Mr. Bush's nomination of Samuel A. Alito Jr., so they could rationalize one if necessary.
At the same time, the two men had more than a little in common, including tumultuous childhoods that left them painfully insecure and a self-serving grandiosity that made them feel they could rationalize dubious means to achieve their ends.
According to the Southern community's consensus of "normal," those fighting for rights now considered mainstream were "extremists," and public servants could rationalize plans to murder men like Shuttlesworth, confident that they were on the right side of history.
I couldn't rationalize my apparently obvious enjoyment of such a strange combination of activities.
I could not rationalize how a woman might love me and not soon come to hate the millstone I believed myself to be.
They could not rationalize placing Miller on the team and leaving off someone like Dawes, who leapfrogged the sixth-place Vanessa Atler to land on the team.
Many of Ms. Magnusson's choices were not cheap, though one could perhaps rationalize the expense by calculating cost per use.
What part of that don't you understand?' We couldn't rationalize paying more" just for some tax savings, she said.
