Sentence examples for we can legitimize from inspiring English sources

You've been reading this every day for weeks: "300 Palestinians dead but there have only been three Jewish fatalities" -- as if by dying in greater numbers we can legitimize ourselves.

Other products, with the backing of the big beer companies, can legitimize the category".

The exiled king of Afghanistan, the 86-year-old Mohammad Zahir Shah, deposed in 1973, would bless the process and call for a loya jirga, the meeting of tribal leaders that can legitimize a new ruler.

In your May 13 editorial about John R. Bolton and the United Nations, you say "Mr. Bolton ridiculed the notion that the Security Council is the only body that can legitimize one country's use of force against another when it has not been attacked, which, of course, the Council is".

These boundaries can legitimize or (potentially) undermine hierarchies that form within organizations.

If Barack Obama can legitimize gay marriage and transsexuals, Donald Trump can legitimize the Alt-Right.

She's the only one who can legitimize her feelings—I can only legitimize my own.

As America's national preacher, the president can legitimize some behaviors and delegitimize others.

Protesters of the Galle Festival emphasize that a writer's presence at an event can legitimize power structures.

While nothing can legitimize the despicable act of terrorism perpetrated by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, I believe ethnic and historical background might provide some much needed context.

Nothing can legitimize this sort of carnage which was obviously meant to embarrass President Vladimir Putin who has staked his reputation on hosting a smooth Olympics in Sochi.