Words similar to legitimate

Example sentences for: legitimate

How can you use “legitimate” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

For instance, there's a legitimate question to be raised about what you do about someone who's already serving life without parole who kills an inmate or guard; how to deter a murderer who shoots the cop trying to arrest him, figuring he has nothing to lose; and other such situations.
By the 1960s, even the memory of flourishing towns like Hurston's Eatonville had been erased, replaced by crime-ridden ghettoes that '60s radicals tried to palm off as the only legitimate black experience.
A few conservative voices, such as the Weekly Standard and the Wall Street Journal editorial page, remained steadfast in their hysterical disapproval of the president's private sexual behavior, and remained adamant that it is a legitimate public issue.
In 1587 a squadron of British ships commanded by Francis Drake attacked the Algarve (now a “legitimate target” as Spanish territory) and sacked Sagres, thus depriving the world of the relics of Henry the Navigator.
Integration : The money returns to its original source, apparently as legitimate income.