Sentence examples for have rationalized from inspiring English sources

This, I have rationalized, is why M.M.A. is really safer than boxing.

"People have rationalized that they need these big cars," Ms. Gates said.

"Ten percent I could have rationalized," said Mr. Punzet, 34, a financial controller for a Los Angeles recruiting firm.

Mr. Gates and Mr. Obama — the president seemed concerned about these circumstances during his election campaign — now appear to have rationalized them.

After two full years of a very sharp downturn, managements of these companies have rationalized their businesses to the point where their cost structures are closely in line with their current level of demand.

Although we realize this is not what the tool was originally intended to be used for, we have rationalized it as a more modern way of passing notes, with less chance of getting caught.

"The company has rationalized its portfolio.

They've rationalized becoming stupid & watching television.

He said yesterday that his change of heart had come after seven or eight meetings with the government, and after "I had rationalized everything that had gone on".

Ai Dan told me that their father never gave up his faith in the Party, and I asked how he had rationalized his suffering.

Bonds has rationalized his postseason disappointments -- in 97 at-bats in 27 games he is hitting.196 -- by saying it does not make him less of a ballplayer.