How to Use accuse in a Sentence

accuse

verb

• In the film, Sandra is accused of pushing her husband to his death.
  — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 28 Dec. 2023
• 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
• Trump, Trump Media and Digital World have not been accused of wrongdoing in the case.
  — Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
• 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
• 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
• Robert Card, 40, is accused of killing at least 18 people during his rampage on Wednesday night.
  — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2023
• He's also accused of trying to wrest a riot shield away from an officer.
  — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2023
• He’s accused of gunning down 51-year-old Shahbaz Hussain and 42-year-old Shamun Shaukat, both employees at the gas station.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2024
• Israel has long accused Hamas of using civilians as human shields.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 13 Oct. 2023
• The man accused of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl from an upstate New York park has been deemed fit for trial and well enough to show up in person for court appearances.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2024
• An East Side man was accused of shooting his neighbor in broad daylight, while a West Side man was charged with beating his friend’s neighbor with a baseball bat.
  — John H. Tucker, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2023
• He was accused of grabbing and choking a woman in a domestic violence case in Fort Worth.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Feb. 2024
• He is accused of robbery in connection with Lord's attack.
  — Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2024
• Suspects accused of killing a white person, for example, are more likely to face the death penalty than those accused of killing a person of color.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
• Jane Doe 3 alleges she was beaten by Andrade and falsely accused of stealing.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2023
• He was booked into Juvenile Hall and was also accused of murder.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2023
• In November 2023, Cassie accused Diddy of raping and abusing her over the course of their relationship.
  — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2023
• Separately, Brand had also accused the woman of harassment against him in 2017, the BBC said.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Oct. 2023
• The suspects are accused of renting an undisclosed number of vehicles, then selling them to buyers for cash.
  — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
• Singler, who was last seen on Saturday, is accused of killing two of her kids — a daughter, 9, and son, 7 — as well as injuring her other daughter, 11.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2023
• Stevens also accused him of threatening to kill her and her son with a hammer, tearing off her pants and throwing her to the floor while using slurs and expletives, the document says.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2023
• Herbel accused Cody of falsifying the documents used to obtain the search warrants.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2023
• In court, Henry and her family accused Howard of committing heinous acts against her, starting with theft and progressing to murder.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024