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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