Sentence examples for whether it's justified from inspiring English sources

Anxiety is now anxiety, just a state of arousal that I can decide whether it's justified in keeping me on alert.

The big question about this increase is not whether it's justified; it plainly isn't.

"I think the issue is going to boil down to whether it's justified as job-related and necessary for business," he said.

Because of fear that any charitable Muslim organization or mosque could suddenly be called out for links to a lone extremist faction (whether it's justified or not), many pulled their money and cut back on donations to the extent that long-established charities found it virtually impossible to survive.

In the classified version of a National Intelligence Estimate prepared by intelligence agencies last fall, the allegation about Iraq's activities in the African nation of Niger was included along with a footnote that said the State Department had its doubts about whether it was justified by the evidence.

The judgment did not overturn the Obama Education Department's decision, or weigh in on whether it was justified, but sent the case to Ms. DeVos to reconsider.

But merely establishing that a group has the right to secede does not settle whether it is justified in using force to achieve its goal of independent statehood.

For example, one may know that the law of ancient Athens included the punishment of ostracism without knowing whether it was justified, because one does not know enough about its effects, about the social context, and so forth.

Our correspondents ask whether it is justified.

Q: You can certainly inform or think whether it was justified.

I have publicly supported an investigation by the terrorism adviser to ascertain whether it was justified.