They have one particular habit that justifies their presence in the suburbs a thousand times over.

The character had to have relatively little to do with the overall meaning of the story, but our challenge was to somehow justify his presence.

To some male officers, a woman's gentler ways justify her presence on the force.

Now she had to do something to justify her own presence in the group.

I bought small items to justify my presence in stores.

Ever since he was drafted in 1982, Morris has had to justify his presence in the league.

We justify our continued presence here solely by mining the fissionables.

What have you been doing here, that justifies your continued presence?

Crisp prose, where every word justified its presence in a sentence.

He did analysis and routine jobs of maintenance, to keep busy and justify his presence, if only to himself.