Sentence examples for defensible if from inspiring English sources

Of course, America's penchant for overspending on defense would be more defensible if it received what it paid for.

This is defensible if it achieves compelling law-enforcement objectives.

Some say subsidies are perfectly defensible if the service fulfills a noble civic function.

But that kind of engagement is unavoidable and morally defensible if things are to change.

If it's marketplace, it's defensible; if it's enterprise, she can be undercut".

It's less defensible if it's for social insurance, no matter how pressing the need.

Observers pointed out that, if the minister is interviewed this week by police under caution, the "can't remember" position would be more easily defensible in law if the case ever went to court.

More importantly, a Remedial Right Only Theory of the unilateral right to secede will only be defensible in the end if it rests upon a plausible account of what entitles a state to control over a territory in the first place.

Holding back the audio is defensible, particularly if the voices or cries of victims can be heard.

But I do think giving money is totally defensible, even if it means pushing the parents to open a 529 or other savings account to use the gift.

In such a framework, Rawls argued, unequal distribution of resources is defensible only if it is beneficial to even the worst-off individual in society.