How to Use justified in a Sentence

justified

adjective
  • Now we’re told this is all justified.
    — Daryl Campbell, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2026
  • For converts, though, the price is well justified.
    — Morgan Fargo, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Do some kills feel justified and some kills don’t feel justified?
    — Laura Zornosa, Time, 7 July 2023
  • Okay, Tess’s crash-out is pretty justified as well.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2025
  • But the high cost of his fish was not always justified, according to ex-staffers.
    — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 June 2021
  • And that then links to their view of what they’re justified doing in response to the grievances.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
  • There’s no evidence at all that this was a justified shooting.
    — Maggie Vespa, NBC news, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Equally apparent, the justified fear the club has about his arm.
    — Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Kate’s crash-out is sooooooo justified, IMO.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2025
  • The commenter went on to defend her response as justified.
    — Ashley Vega, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • If the shooting was not justified, charges can be substantial.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Biden has a strong — and justified — sense of unfairness about what is happening to him.
    — Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
  • The goal is to reach justified confidence as fast as possible.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Not all homicides are murders, such as justified killings and negligent deaths.
    — Wendi C. Thomas, ProPublica, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Many see the escalation not just as justified—but long overdue.
    — Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Tips, in this more intimate setting, felt more justified than before.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2023
  • An attack on Iran was both justified and necessary.
    — Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The four teams from Texas are all justified selections for their respective spots.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2025
  • There is a lot of excitement around AI in energy and some of it is justified.
    — Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • People do have reason to be angry—but even justified anger does not justify murder.
    — Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
  • On paper, each treatment may appear justified.
    — Fennemore, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
  • But cake-cutting fees are actually quite normal and justified—labor is not free, my friends!
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 18 Aug. 2023
  • This Iran war was neither justified nor necessary.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Ned says his cancellation wasn’t just justified.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But so much has changed since that head-to-head result in Pullman that a repositioning of the two teams felt justified.
    — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Why this is the simplest solution to the couples’ troubles is never quite justified.
    — Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Brit’s drama from the dinner seems more like a projection than a justified reaction.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 7 Apr. 2025
  • For much of the last decade, the Mets’ amorphous but always restricted budget drew the justified ire of their fan base.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the calls were justified, but frankly, the Flyers received a couple of very fortunate calls.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Binance argues that the charges aren’t justified, telling customers that their assets were fully backed by reserves.
    — Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 9 June 2023

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