How to Use allege in a Sentence

allege

verb

• The mayor is alleged to have accepted bribes.
• He alleged that the mayor has accepted bribes.
• You allege that she stole a large quantity of money. Do you have any proof?
• Court records allege that on Oct. 25 of last year, Davis and then-Sgt.
  — Emma Colton, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2023
• He was alleged to have burned his trash can on the balcony.
  — Dana Munro, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2024
• There is a range of harms and heartbreak alleged in the filings.
  — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
• The police alleged the three men may have killed the couple.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
• After the shooting, police allege Kallie grabbed the child and fled in the SUV.
  — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 1 June 2022
• The charges allege that the fraud started as early as 2019, or the year that FTX was founded.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2022
• The parents of the second student allege their child was feet away from the shooting.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 9 Feb. 2023
• Reports in the court records alleged that Bateman had the 9-year-old sleep in his bed four months later.
  — Miguel Torres, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023
• The court documents allege that Reneau then added the teen on Snapchat.
  — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 31 May 2022
• The suit alleges that Tannis broke both ankles during a 2023 visit to the house.
  — James Powel, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
• The women buried the fetus’ remains and tried to burn them, the documents allege.
  — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2022
• Carr, after the hearing, alleged the lawsuit was filed to hurt her ahead of her 2022 state senate race.
  — Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 11 June 2024
• The Ukrainians allege the attack may have killed hundreds.
  — Time, 5 Jan. 2023
• The lawsuit alleged Burns drove negligently, failed to yield the right of way and caused the collision.
  — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
• Race, the lawsuit alleged, is why Shaw and Moss faced greater punishment.
  — Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 22 Mar. 2024
• Baur and Vang had previously been charged with child neglect, but the new charges allege the boy’s death.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024
• The lawsuit does not allege any wrongdoing by the DIA, but only seeks to get the painting back.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2023
• The home in the Stoney Creek district of Hamilton, Ontario, where a landlord is alleged to have shot and killed two tenants.
  — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 30 May 2023
• The group alleges Boeing led Ten Oaks down a deceptive path in a last-ditch effort to buy time and keep low prices.
  — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 14 Feb. 2024
• All allege that the same man was responsible: 33-year-old Bill Gene Hobbs.
  — Fifth & Mission Podcast, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Sep. 2022
• Warrants allege Duke burglarized her home and used his hands to kill her.
  — CBS News, 24 May 2022
• Perhaps most egregious, the ACLU alleges, is that police did nothing to stop this.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
• The complaint alleges that Combs wanted to meet the boy in his hotel room and the child was dropped off by a consultant his parents had hired.
  — Nicole Acosta, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
• The police sent information to the FBI that same month, but the agency did not open a case until the summer of 2006, the lawsuit alleges.
  — Nicki Brown, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
• The statement does not allege that the company violated the terms of its agreements with the unions.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 7 Oct. 2022
• There were 17 employees, including four sergeants and two nurses, who were alleged to be involved in the death and were suspended as a result of the incident.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025
• For too long, as alleged in the Complaint, the Board has abused its power, violating Florida law and its own governing documents while gaslighting members who invest millions in memberships and annual dues.
  — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025

Last Updated: 19 Mar 2025