How To Use Self-justification In A Sentence
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When they eventually returned to base, Neville was full of self-justification.
MOONDROP TO MURDER
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I have for years, during the life of the insinuator, held such self-justification unworthy of me; now even decency demands silence.
The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete
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It is the picaresque story of an Irish adventurer who unconsciously reveals his villainy while attempting self-justification.
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He wrote a long and detailed account of Nelson's death, partly in self-justification, to say he did everything he could to save the country's number one hero.
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Their real skills are in playing politics, going to meetings, wandering around giving orders, self-justification and backstabbing.
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Pareto was more convinced that authority is simply a matter of fraud rather than self-justification by the elite.
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With two complicit systems of self-justification and self-fulfilling incomprehension reinforcing the divide, is there any way forward?
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Even if they wrote their thoughts down in their memoirs, you don't know if these were just self-serving lies made up as post facto self-justification for a place in history.
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The battle scenes are suitably bloodthirsty and chaotic, but they are balanced by scenes of self-justification and soul-searching.
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Fortunately for my peace of mind, which you might call self-justification, satisfied reactions to reviews vastly outnumber the rest.
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While compassion makes us feel the richer for our magnanimity, justice stirs up far more complex emotions of self-justification and equivocation.
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Doubtless, such differences may be rooted in self-justification.
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And Aubin let that happen - pure cowardice, made worse by the fact that he pleaded self-justification.
MOONDROP TO MURDER
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Pareto was more convinced that authority is simply a matter of fraud rather than self-justification by the elite.
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Do you mean that some coaches indulge in self-justification?
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The text is at once self-justification and foamy-mouthed invective against the world.
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Certainly he surprised observers by the scope of the shrewdness and intelligence which he brought to bear on his self-justifications.
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It shouldn't be a surprise, then, that Mary Cheney's book, Now It's My Turn (a title horribly reminiscent of Nancy Reagan's own attempt at self-justification, My Turn), is more than just a dismal disaster.
Gene Stone: Mary, Queen of Squat
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While compassion makes us feel the richer for our magnanimity, justice stirs up far more complex emotions of self-justification and equivocation.
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Unfortunately, the proposed code appears to be little more than another exercise in self-justification by the commission.
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The story is part love story, part comedy of self-justification, and part a chronicle of an appalling crime.
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his transparent self-justification was unacceptable
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retrospective self-justification
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Burrows didn't attempt any further self-justification, and Todd knew why.
COLDHEART CANYON
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This approach to self-justification is the practical equivalent of psychosis insofar as it is a refutation of empirical reality, a refutation of human reason and a denial of human history.
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The group's self-justification became even more pronounced when we suggested that this was surprising given the level of talent of each member of the band.
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Didn't she feel like storming the barricades in a fit of enraged self-justification?
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The remainder is blighted by alternating self-flagellation, self-justification and unwarranted extrapolation.
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It can be legitimate to write the brief after the concept has emerged, but there is danger of self-justification narrowing the vision.
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The critique is far more convincing than Ms. Keith's own recidivistic self-justifications.
The Vegetarian Myth | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
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The role of Quentin, garrulously veering from self-pity to self-justification, is a difficult one.
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As a consequence, American journalism makes extravagant gestures of self-justification.
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In their search for some kind of self-justification, for a sense of moral purpose, Western elites turned to the international arena.
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Few sportsmen have ever been so consumed by preoccupations with image, publicity and puerile self-justification.
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In these matters the scope for self-justification is vast.
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At once foggy and focused, the media lexicon of self-justification rolls on.
