How to Use accuse in a Sentence

accuse

verb
  • He was also previously accused of threatening to kill a man and his dog.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The young woman briefly rehearsed with a coach for the part, along with other actors, and accused him of inappropriate conduct.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 May 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
  • He is accused of using a semiautomatic AR-style rifle to carry out the shooting.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 8 Sep. 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
  • Farrar accused him of infidelity on social media following the premiere and again for a second time after the finale.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
  • Ukrainian officers also accused Russia of using incendiaries in attacks on the city of Bakhmut last year.
    Brad Lendon, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
  • An inmate accused of killing four people has been taken apprehended after escaping from a Philadelphia jail more than a week ago, police said.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 May 2023
  • Kohberger was arrested in December on four counts of first-degree murder and burglary, accused of breaking into the apartment house with the intent to commit a felony.
    Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 17 May 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • In the proceeding months, they were accused in a legal complaint of grooming a minor.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 31 May 2023
  • 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
  • Within the first hour of the fifth debate both had accused one another of lying several times.
    WSJ, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Per the press release, 27-year-old Rogelio Diaz is accused of torturing the cat on April 5.
    Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The group also is accused of vandalism during an event at the Rutgers Business School.
    Noah Pransky, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Two men are accused of killing a U.S. Army veteran, Utah officials said.
    Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 26 Apr. 2024

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