do justice to

idiom

: to treat or show (something or someone) in a way that is as good as it should be

Words could never do justice to her beauty.

The movie does not do justice to the book.

a brief summary that does not do justice to the complexity of this issue

Examples of do justice to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Some would say that Fear the Spotlight is an entry level horror game, but that doesn’t really do justice to the aesthetic and mechanical design choices on display. —

Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024 The above slash lines don’t even do justice to his maturation at the plate. —

Dan Freedman, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024 Tom Holland says a fourth Spider-Man movie would need to 'do justice to the character' Reynolds seemed equally interested in testing out the webslinger's healing factor. —

EW.com, 26 July 2024 The negative response to the movie motivated Reynolds to do justice to Deadpool in his own spinoff series. —

Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 24 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for do justice to

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