Sentence examples for if I rationalized from inspiring English sources

I have wondered if I rationalized my behavior, and the answer is, of course I did.

Research is research, I rationalized: If I know what 5 million gets me, maybe I'll have a better sense of what I can get if I move the decimal point a bit to the left.

I rationalized that if this boy, an orphan from a neighboring state, didn't work for me, he would work for someone else, and who knows how that person would treat him?

I rationalized away my fear by telling myself that if I could handle childbirth, getting an itty-bitty script tattoo would surely be a breeze.

"I rationalized decisions I knew were wrong.

At the time, I rationalized this behavior.

"For a long time I rationalized.

At least, I rationalized, it was natural.

I rationalized the reward, like I rationalize shopping for shoes at Zappos, without need.

I rationalized that I could not die without a will.

Rather, it was, I rationalized, a matter of conscious evolution.