How to Use culprit in a Sentence

culprit

noun

• The police eventually located the culprits.
• The owner wished to pursue charges if the culprit was found.
  — cleveland, 29 Dec. 2022
• As is all too often the case in life, the culprit—the villain—is the obvious one.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 23 Dec. 2022
• But the culprit behind his distress came as a surprise: cannabis hyperemesis syndrome.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2022
• Among the main culprits are formal and informal rallies, as well as mining activities.
  — Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
• But after more than a decade, a new case helped point investigators to a culprit, federal officials said.
  — Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
• The food system is responsible for a staggering one-third of planet-warming emissions, and beef is the biggest culprit.
  — Laura Paddison, CNN, 27 Dec. 2022
• The culprit is atherosclerosis, clogging of the arteries with cholesterol and other debris.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 30 Dec. 2022
• Frigid temperatures are just one possible culprit behind a rise in heart attacks during the winter and especially the holiday season, doctors say.
  — WSJ, 22 Dec. 2022
• The defense in the case was to make Michelle a culprit here.
  — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2023
• In the case of the Atlanta, stormy weather was the culprit.
  — Mac Stone, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2023
• The culprit is a weak cold front that is passing the area this evening.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
• How to Treat It: If clothing is the culprit, loosen up the fit.
  — Jennifer G. Sullivan, Allure, 30 Jan. 2023
• Coal, oil, and gas are the main culprits of climate change.
  — Christopher Merchant, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2024
• Capsaicin is the culprit of the spicy heat in hot peppers.
  — Anthea Levi, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
• The culprit is the frequency and nature of the snacking.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2023
• Jealousy or envy may be the culprit as the moon and Venus clash.
  — USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
• The culprit came and left in the dead of night, leaving no trace by footprint or film.
  — Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2023
• The main culprits are development and a lack of the fire that scrub needs to thrive.
  — Ryan Ballogg, Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2024
• The most obvious culprit of a stinky fridge is spoiled food.
  — Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2024
• The culprit of blossom end rot in tomatoes is not a bug or a disease.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2023
• But on many desks, experts agree, the quiet culprit is your mouse.
  — WSJ, 14 Sep. 2023
• But if rats weren’t the culprit, what was? Walløe widened his research.
  — WIRED, 7 Oct. 2023
• But a livestock killing doesn’t always lead to a death sentence for the culprit.
  — Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
• Victor González and Tayler Scott were the culprits for a disastrous three-run rally in the eighth.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023
• Disease was the likely culprit in a few instances, and from 1100 A.D.
  — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2023
• The culprit is an average swing that’s 65.7 miles per hour.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
• In the days that followed, the State Department blamed a single culprit: Hamas.
  — Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2023
• But, even as a teen-ager, Scott felt that technology wasn’t the true culprit.
  — Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
• The team heads back to the motel and realizes that the person in the room with the adjoining door is the likely culprit to have swiped the samples.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024