Perhaps he or she found justification in a seemingly intolerable accumulation of slights, insults and deprivations.

Be­sides, the more he searched his memory the more he found justification for what he was about to try.

She also found justification in the ruling supported by the emerging recognition given to the defence in other common law states.

A little time had passed, and he had, as always, found justification for his behavior.

The skeptics found justification for their fears in developments around Bosnia today.

But corporate America found parallel justification in the Supreme Court's 1938 replacement worker ruling.

He found much justification for his bad humor.

He found insufficient justification for assigning any apparent dialects to particular areas.

Meanwhile Sir Charles had found ample justification for his ride beside the Waste.

They have nonetheless found no better justification for their interventions than that of defending democracy.