warrantable
Example Sentences
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Scholars and survivors of the society are frequently determined, beyond what is warrantable by the facts, to see the spectre of Birchism in any full-throated contemporary manifestation of conservatism.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 11, 2016
The tremendous forest of Sherwood stretched round the tent-forest further than the eye could see—and this was full of wild boars, warrantable stags, outlaws, dragons, and Purple Emperors.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Joint procedure with such can be warrantable only when directed to an end good in itself, and when accompanied by an expressed or understood disapproval of the character and authority of the civil power.
From The Ordinance of Covenanting by John Cunningham
Belshazzar looked searchingly into the face of the high-priest, but he failed to find there more than a warrantable anxiety.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Margaret Horton Potter
One day after prayer, the king asked him, If it was warrantable in prayer to determine a controversy?—Mr.
From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by John Howie
