Rationalise used in a sentence

Rationalise in a sentence as a verb

But the media needs a neat word to rationalise his actions; in this case madman.

The project actually looks pretty cool, but how could I rationalise trying to learn off a set of incomplete docs?

Then post-hoc rationalise that it was the schools amazing teachers/facilities/whatever that caused the child's success.

It's common for addicts to steal from family members who they rationalise can afford it.- You're in an abusive relationship, and your spouse steals your money.

I really want to revisit this post in a few months when Assange has either been jailed on extremely flimsy evidence or handed over to America using an extradition treaty, to see how you rationalise that sequence of events.