RATIONALIZE in a Sentence
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84 example sentences for RATIONALIZE, such as:
1. It all seemed quite rational to me.
2. The mind can only analyse and rationalize.
3. Yes, there they build in a rational fashion.
4. Birthdays are of no importance to a rational being.
5. They attempted to rationalize the new working method.
2. The mind can only analyse and rationalize.
3. Yes, there they build in a rational fashion.
4. Birthdays are of no importance to a rational being.
5. They attempted to rationalize the new working method.
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Meanings and Examples of RATIONALIZE
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rationalize
v. think in logical way; offer an excuse
Classic Sentence: (58 in 4 pages)
1 The mind can only analyse and rationalize.
2 When I reflected on the work I had completed, no less a one than the creation of a sensitive and rational animal, I could not rank myself with the herd of common projectors.
3 In a fit of enthusiastic madness I created a rational creature and was bound towards him to assure, as far as was in my power, his happiness and well-being.
4 Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.
5 Her breath, her skin, her lips, all flattered Elinor with signs of amendment; and Marianne fixed her eyes on her with a rational, though languid, gaze.
6 But it's natural and rational that you should like it.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
7 Your sister, Betsey Trotwood,' said my aunt, 'would have been as natural and rational a girl as ever breathed.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
8 I tried to calm him, that we might come to something rational; but he got hotter and hotter, and wouldn't hear a word.
9 I mix with all the neighboring landowners, who are cultivating their land on a rational system; they all, with rare exceptions, are doing so at a loss.
10 That is from every point of view the most rational course for married people who find themselves in the position you are in.
11 Birthdays are of no importance to a rational being.
12 Yes, there they build in a rational fashion.
13 The wish of procuring her regard, which she had assured herself of his feeling in Derbyshire, could not in rational expectation survive such a blow as this.
14 I can hardly regard her in the light of a rational creature, so obstinately has she persisted in forming a fabulous notion of my character and acting on the false impressions she cherished.
15 The farmer, by this time, was convinced I must be a rational creature.
Example Sentence: (26 in 2 pages)
1 Many shoppers still rationalize luxury purchases as investments.
2 They attempted to rationalize the new working method.
3 Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression.
4 Conventional economic and accounting theory tends to assume that the process involved is highly rational and orderly.
5 What I'd like us to do is put our cards on the table and discuss the situation in a rational manner.
6 The rational and the irrational complement each other.
7 It all seemed quite rational to me.
8 Priestley's rational outlook in science carried over to religion.
9 One strong proof of my wretchedly defective nature is, that even her expostulations, so mild, so rational, have not influence to cure me of my faults.
10 Most rational people don't enjoy that kind of opinionated discourse since it achieves nothing but elevated blood pressure.
11 This was a meal bonus to supplement our meagre rations and kept our spirits up.
12 To me the most alarming feature of the siege is short rations.
13 Many receive government food rations, and about a quarter are living in welfare camps.
14 A fight broke out behind me as we lined up to receive our food rations.
15 He seemed to have lost the ability to think rationally.