Sentence examples for hollow justifications from inspiring English sources

"But assuming that it is him, his message contains the same hollow justifications for the mass slaughter of innocents that we have heard before," White House senior advisor David Axelrod said on CNN's "State of the Union". "He is a murderer, and we are going to continue to be on the offense against Bin Laden, against Al Qaeda, to protect the American people.

It's a situation". This scant treatment of such an important event in U.S. and Mexican history is one reason why teachers search out alternatives like A People's History of the United States, which includes a full chapter on the conflict, focusing especially on President Polk's hollow justifications for war, the anti-war resistance, and the human impact of the war.

David Axelrod, a White House senior adviser, told CNN's "State of the Union" that whatever the source, the message "contains the same hollow justification for the mass slaughter of innocents".

But Rubio is now facing a backlash among political commentators, including many on the right, who called his justification hollow.

But when we "take out" lower level, lesser known figures, who may or may not pose an "imminent threat," our justifications ring hollow.

In a country where the world's largest biometric identification number system has been rolled out to cover over 1 billion people in 6 years, this justification rings hollow.

Trump excused this deadly acrobatic flip-flop by bemoaning the deaths of innocent Syrian children ― but his justification rings hollow, considering the fact he has blocked those same children from seeking refuge in the United States.

"For our anniversary," she says coolly, although this rationale rings hollow, reminds Andy of his own bullshit justifications for taking out a lease on a desert "bungalow".

And the "hot properties" included some awfully obscure white coaches, including one from the Canadian Football League, so a lot of justifications are going to ring hollow.

In the case of the 111th Special Forces Battalion, military officials called the soldiers' justification for not fighting a hollow excuse.

All the justifications offered were readily shown to be hollow.