How to Use accusation in a Sentence

accusation

noun
  • He denied the accusation that he had lied to the police.
  • There was a hint of accusation in his voice when he asked her where she had been.
  • Investigators have made accusations of corruption against a group of former officials.
  • The police are investigating serious accusations of wrongdoing.
  • Some customers even went to the Philippines to abuse the children themselves and tape it — though Lowe does not face such an accusation.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 5 May 2023
  • Vucic promptly denied the accusations and even offered to discuss them with investigators and submit to a lie-detector test.
    Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 3 May 2023
  • And with the Kremlin’s history of staging incidents or lobbing accusations as a pretext for its own actions, many were skeptical.
    Phil McCausland, NBC News, 4 May 2023
  • Coppola has denied accusations of misconduct and requests $15 million in damages as well as a jury trial.
    Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The mom of four had a fiery response to the accusation.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • Tyler has denied the accusations and moved to dismiss the case in April.
    Bill Donahue, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The newspaper group has denied the accusations, and said that some of the claims were brought too late.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 5 June 2023
  • Soon words and accusations fly and the good and bad in both characters comes to the surface.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2023
  • Among the list of accusations in the lawsuit is that both Pinos bought alcohol that day and allowed all of the girls on the boat to drink.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
  • Giudice claimed that those accusations are lies, but that her and Ruelas' names will be cleared by the end of the season.
    Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 12 May 2024
  • The suspects, through their lawyers, denied the accusations and pleaded not guilty to all charges.
    Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 28 July 2023
  • The other two cases stem from accusations dating back to the ’90s.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Some of them were shocked by the accusations made against Michigan State Police.
    John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The actor has not appeared in a major film since the accusations were leveled.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The false accusations led many shoppers to feel as if they had been racially profiled.
    Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
  • If Peterson’s accusations were true, none of the judges had ever laid eyes on their claims.
    Anat Rubin, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The Qatari government did not respond to a request for comment on the accusations in the Menendez case.
    Tariq Panja, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Herrera Beutler says some of the accusations made about her plans for the office are untrue.
    Carleen Johnson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Editor’s picks It should be said that Swagg Man denies the charges — every accusation, of which there are many.
    Marc Wortman, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2023
  • The main case, dealing with the accusation of genocide, is not expected to start until next year.
    Gaya Gupta, New York Times, 16 May 2024
  • Questioning the accusation, of course, is futile, as the claim is not rooted in logic.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
  • That early accusation may have haunted the young composer for the rest of his career.
    Stephen Cox, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
  • That same evening, Clarkson took to social media to respond to the accusations.
    Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 13 May 2023
  • But there certainly are parallels in terms of some of the accusations.
    ABC News, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Emma didn’t hold back in her assessment of Nicole’s motives, suggesting that these accusations were merely a ploy for airtime.
    Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Tortoise Media released a fifth episode of their podcast that detailed two more women’s accusations, one of whom allegedly signed a nondisclosure agreement following her experience with Gaiman.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2024

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