Carter issued a 21-page statement attempting to justify his actions.

He didn't attempt to justify his findings with a lot of technicalities.

"However you attempt to justify it, your Hive has murdered half a million people."

I can attempt to justify his death at least to myself.

And most contemptible of all it is that now I am attempting to justify myself to you.

They will sometimes attempt to justify the situation by buying out certain conditions.

They were attempting to justify the discrepancies between the private and public data, the official said.

He simply waited to see if she would dare to attempt to justify her objections.

Republicans attempt to justify these cuts by claiming the states can run the programs more efficiently, and at less cost.

It was their lives the State was attempting to justify.