How to Use allegation in a Sentence

allegation

noun
  • There have been allegations of fraud in the city government.
  • The police are investigating allegations that the mayor has accepted bribes.
  • You're making a serious allegation. Do you have any proof?
  • Trump has denied Carroll’s allegations and called her a liar.
    Shayna Jacobs, Kim Bellware and Mark Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2023
  • According to the allegations, Kitagawa asked fledgling singers and dancers, many of them children, to stay at his luxury home.
    Yuri Kageyama, Fortune, 15 May 2023
  • Instead of dismissing the allegations in the face of the woman's clear lies, the DA has adjusted the charges to match the woman's new lies.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
  • The facts that gave rise to his termination surfaced during a review, assisted by a national law firm, of allegations made by a former employee.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2023
  • Kyiv has dismissed the allegation as a manufactured pretext by Moscow to justify strikes on Ukraine's battered cities.
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
  • Though the video was only publicly released on April 12, Borgia was aware of the allegations going back to December.
    Emma Colton, Fox News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The suit's main purpose was to delay the trial and toss out many of James's allegations against him.
    Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Last week, the labor board issued a complaint against the union based on those allegations.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
  • Amid the allegations, Tyler had embarked on his band’s Peace Out tour, billed as Aerosmith’s farewell tour.
    Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • One of his lawyers has denied the allegations of spying.
    Natalia Abbakumova, Washington Post, 29 July 2023
  • Hamas and staff at the hospital, Gaza's largest, deny the allegations.
    Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 17 Nov. 2023
  • At the same time, the aide asserted broadly that the allegations were untrue.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Drake Bell is speaking out in defense of Josh Peck amid his abuse allegations.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The city and the hospital, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, denied the allegations in court filings.
    Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The allegations spanned decades and varied from rape to crude remarks and forceful groping.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Neither Fairley nor Glass could be reached for comment on the allegations in the lawsuit.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 16 May 2024
  • Over the past year, many rumors around the end of the pair’s relationship have made the rounds — from cheating allegations to a jar of strawberry jam.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 26 Apr. 2024
  • One of the allegations is that the company used stickers displaying the wrong price on products sold by weight.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Now, back-and-forth docket entries show allegations of fraud from both sides.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Both men hinted at having serious allegations about the other in store at the outset of the beef.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2024
  • The gas companies tempered their allegation with an olive branch of sorts.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2024
  • During the hearing, the allegations surrounding the voting breach were laid out.
    Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Here’s everything to know about the allegations and how Chiles’ coach has defended her.
    Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Mack was fully aware of the allegations, Amanda says, instructing Brother Stair to stay away from her and Asah.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Her comments referenced the public allegations of a toxic workplace that came out ahead of the talk show’s end.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2024
  • We’re told that there were a number of factors behind the decision to push pause on the film, the allegations against Gaiman — which the author has denied — being only one of them.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024
  • McMahon has denied the allegations and has faced a federal criminal investigation, but he has not been charged with a crime — not as of yet, at least.
    Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024

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