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How to use self-justification in a sentence

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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.
The text is at once self-justification and foamy-mouthed invective against the world.
Their real skills are in playing politics, going to meetings, wandering around giving orders, self-justification and backstabbing.
With two complicit systems of self-justification and self-fulfilling incomprehension reinforcing the divide, is there any way forward?
The remainder is blighted by alternating self-flagellation, self-justification and unwarranted extrapolation.
Fortunately for my peace of mind, which you might call self-justification, satisfied reactions to reviews vastly outnumber the rest.
The battle scenes are suitably bloodthirsty and chaotic, but they are balanced by scenes of self-justification and soul-searching.
At once foggy and focused, the media lexicon of self-justification rolls on.
Unfortunately, the proposed code appears to be little more than another exercise in self-justification by the commission.
Few sportsmen have ever been so consumed by preoccupations with image, publicity and puerile self-justification.
It can be legitimate to write the brief after the concept has emerged, but there is danger of self-justification narrowing the vision.
As a consequence, American journalism makes extravagant gestures of self-justification.
The role of Quentin, garrulously veering from self-pity to self-justification, is a difficult one.
Do you mean that some coaches indulge in self-justification?
Doubtless, such differences may be rooted in self-justification.
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.
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.
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.
These events are accompanied by sophisticated attempts at self-justification.
We would, of course, have had to leave aside a lot of the self-justification that we all tend to engage in on all sides.
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Examples from Classical Literature
He was cut to the quick, yet a phantom of self-justification was up in arms.
Who but Falstaff would have found his self-justification in his youth?
He may think it unwise to be detailed in self-justification.
These words were spoken in a spirit of resistance and self-justification.
This etiquette provided whites with self-justification for their racial beliefs while channeling black resistance.
Lady Louisa Barking could not control a movement of self-justification.
He clearly tells his own story, not in self-justification, but rather as a series of lessons learned for anyone who might have similar ambitions for public service.
What's idle about the constant self-justification in the face of criticism, the guilt of not bringing in any money, the knowledge there's no time off?
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