Sentence examples for rationalized he from inspiring English sources

"In retrospect, they're disgusting, many of the things we used to do — too much fat and too much sugar, and a series of clichés taught while being rationalized," he said.

John wasn't American, I rationalized, he would be less unwelcome than I in a combat zone, or else less attractive as a hostage, if it came to that.

It gets excused ("she bruises so easily"), rationalized ("he was going to inherit that money soon anyway") or simply missed by good people in a position to help who didn't know what to look for, or how to intervene.

Randy Evans, editorial page editor of the Register, told The Huffington Post Wednesday that "it's a little hard to rationalize he's concerned about misspeaking or not being able to speak his mind freely to The Des Moines Register, but he's able to speak his mind freely to Jay Leno or 'The View' or Jon Stewart or David Letterman".

He conceded that it was painful to be described as "a merchant of death," and he sometimes worried that he rationalized what he did for a living because of his "nice salary".

In Durst's case, one expert opined that if he killed his friend Susan Berman, he rationalized that he had the decency to send the telltale alert about the body to the "Beverley [sic] Hills Police" that got him nailed.

"He rationalized what he was doing and put all those things in a place where they did not affect his golf," Parent said.

(He rationalizes backward: he'll conjure a treasurer in Colón, then make his characters speculate idly about why there are government ministries in a noncapital city).

The torture, imprisonments and killings under the Duvaliers, the lurid tales of corruption, may be forgiven or forgotten or rationalized: Yes, he robbed, but... yes, he had to clamp down on his opponents, but they were irresponsible, bickering and inept.

The first time Xu noticed cracks in Mao's project, he rationalized them as the by-products of bold reform.

Williams rationalized that he could rely on slower pitches with movement, like his famous teammate Greg Maddux.