How to Use accuse in a Sentence
accuse
verb-
But on social media this week, Trump’s supporters were quick to go on the defensive and accuse the media of bias.
— James Rainey and Brittny Mejia, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2022 -
Opposition lawmakers accused Han of using it as a stalling tactic.
— David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024 -
Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of attacking the plant, which the Kremlin’s forces have held since early March.
— Hanna Arhirova, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2022 -
Barnes seems to be pushing back against Republican attacks that accuse him of being in favor of defunding the police.
— Alexandra Marquez, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2022 -
Israel has banned the pan-Arab Al Jazeera network and accused six of its Gaza reporters of being militants.
— Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 27 Dec. 2024 -
The arrests later prompted a protest outside the bakery, with students and staff members from the college allegedly distributing fliers to accuse the owners of being racist.
— Shafiq Najib, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2022 -
Some on social media accused her of ostracizing Baldoni to take control of the film, and her responses to interviewers were branded as rude.
— Doha Madani, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2024 -
And when that has happened, many there have blamed the Wahls, going on social media to accuse them of bullying people out of the Republican party.
— al, 15 Sep. 2022 -
That leads Harwin to step in, only for Criston to openly accuse him of being their real father, which Harwin answers with a brutal beatdown.
— Brendan Morrow, The Week, 25 Sep. 2022 -
Having announced that the sixth season will be the last, the series should benefit from the opportunity to build toward an end game, one that almost nobody could accuse of being premature.
— Brian Lowry, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022 -
The legal complaint also accuses the company of colluding with various lenders to approve loans for the work before the jobs were completed — a practice that would violate state law.
— Jeff McDonald, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024 -
Court records accuse him of killing at least three women there.
— Dallas News, 14 Oct. 2022 -
What are the crimes Hunter Biden was accused of committing?
— Jane Thier, Fortune, 2 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
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