How to Use accuse in a Sentence
accuse
verb-
What are the crimes Hunter Biden was accused of committing?
— Jane Thier, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024 -
Paradoxically, a 560-page memoir is a safe space in which at last no one can accuse him of long-windedness.
— Chris Klimek, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2022 -
Biden stressed that the federal deficit has declined on his watch, a rebuttal to Republicans who accuse him of being too loose with spending.
— Chris Megerian, ajc, 24 Oct. 2022 -
While people still accuse her of trying to whitewash herself on social media, Ingram leans into the uplifting comments instead.
— Danielle Broadway, Allure, 3 Nov. 2022 -
However, both Hezbollah and Israel have accused each other of violating the agreement.
— Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 1 Dec. 2024 -
Patel has been a controversial figure, accused by some of advancing partisan agendas during his tenure in government roles.
— Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024 -
In the film, Sandra is accused of pushing her husband to his death.
— Jenelle Riley, Variety, 28 Dec. 2023 -
After all, we might be accused of the dreaded sin of laziness!
— Susan Spencer, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2024 -
Sometimes the Jews are accused of not having any power.
— USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2024 -
Now, don’t accuse me of hanging a banner here before it is won.
— Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022 -
That suit accused the city of not only knowing about but helping to create the failures that caused the flooding.
— Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2024 -
The man accused of running over Lozano Bracho is named Hamzeh Alwawi.
— Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023 -
But the people in his car were accused of trying to assassinate Maduro with a drone.
— María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023 -
Tepco, which has in the past been accused of a lack of transparency, has vowed to put safety first and stop the discharges if problems arise.
— Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 26 Aug. 2023 -
Reacting to the possible dismissal of the charge, Christie accused the president and Democrats of hypocrisy.
— Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 9 July 2023 -
In both races, the challengers have accused the incumbents of misleading the voters.
— Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2024 -
Now, over two years later — and eight months after he was released from prison — the same man has been accused of raping a woman.
— Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 9 May 2024 -
Trump, Trump Media and Digital World have not been accused of wrongdoing in the case.
— Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024 -
This isn’t to accuse Gayot of getting into the business of knockoffs.
— Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Feb. 2023 -
At the time of the shooting, Thompson had been charged with assault of a family member, who accused him of choking her in March.
— Chron, 15 May 2023 -
Russian officials said the EU will soon accuse the Kremlin of weaponizing oil.
— Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2022 -
In the proceeding months, they were accused in a legal complaint of grooming a minor.
— Nick Romano, EW.com, 31 May 2023 -
But don’t accuse Riley of coaching an all-finesse team.
— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2022 -
The two women served as 2020 election workers in Georgia, and Giuliani falsely accused them for months of fraud.
— Tori Otten, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2023 -
The Georgia case represents the fourth court case against Trump, who is being accused of trying to steal the state's 16 Electoral College votes.
— Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2023 -
No one has accused Gay or Oxman of stealing data or high-level ideas.
— Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2024 -
But Fain’s comments Friday took the claims a step further, accusing Tavares of price gouging consumers in the name of profits.
— Michael Wayland, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024 -
He was accused of conspiring with drug cartels to move more than 400 tons of cocaine toward the United States.
— Andrew Torgan, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024 -
Momeni, who has pleaded not guilty to murder, is accused of stabbing Lee to death on a dark downtown street early in the morning of April 4.
— Joel Rosenblatt, Fortune, 30 May 2023 -
The narcissist will begin to see their partner as flawed and accuse them of not being the perfect partner they were supposed to be.
— Fortune Well, 3 Mar. 2023
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