"Extenuate" Example Sentences
1. His apologies did not extenuate the severity of his actions.
2. The defense attorney attempted to extenuate the defendant's crimes.
3. It is difficult to find any circumstances that can extenuate such behavior.
4. She struggled to extenuate the pain of her injury.
5. He was able to extenuate his guilt by providing critical evidence to the court.
6. The sheer magnitude of the disaster did not extenuate the government's lack of preparedness.
7. The jury was not willing to extenuate the defendant's actions on the grounds of mental illness.
8. The fleeting happiness of his success failed to extenuate the disappointment of his subsequent failures.
9. Even her most heartfelt apologies could not extenuate the gravity of her mistake.
10. He was granted clemency due to the extenuating circumstances of his case.
11. The defendant argued that he was under duress, which should extenuate his actions.
12. The defendant's lack of prior offenses did not extenuate the severity of his crime.
13. The accused tried hard to extenuate his involvement in the crime.
14. Despite her best efforts, her excuses only served to extenuate her culpability.
15. He provided a detailed account of the events that would hopefully extenuate his role in the incident.
16. The accused claimed that his actions were necessary, in order to extenuate the situation.
17. The prosecution attempted to demonstrate the lack of extenuating circumstances in the case.
18. She argued that her financial situation should extenuate her failure to pay back her debts.
19. His past successes could not extenuate his current inability to complete the project on time.
20. The defendant hoped that his lack of intent would extenuate his liability.
21. The reckless behavior of one driver does not extenuate the culpability of the other.
22. The prosecutor made it clear that no extenuating circumstances would justify the defendant's actions.
23. The witness's testimony helped to extenuate the defendant's involvement in the crime.
24. The defendant's plea for mercy was based solely on extenuation, rather than contrition.
25. The judge was not willing to extenuate the severity of the sentence, despite the defendant's past struggles.
26. The defendant's love for his family was not enough to extenuate his criminal behavior.
27. No amount of extenuation could justify the act of taking another human's life.
28. The defendant's good character did not extenuate the underlying criminal conduct.
29. The jury found the extenuating circumstances compelling enough to warrant a reduced sentence.
30. She hoped that her apology would extenuate the offense and restore their relationship.
Common Phases
1. The circumstances will not
extenuate his wrongdoing;
2. I cannot
extenuate the consequences of my actions;
3. No amount of apologies can
extenuate my mistake;
4. The defendant's history does not
extenuate their crime;
5. The severity of the punishment cannot be
extenuated by plea bargaining.