How to Use take the blame in a Sentence

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• Cuban tried to take the blame for the freefall and screwed that up, too.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 24 Apr. 2023
• To stop letting one Young Black Man take the blame, the hate, the fall.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 19 Nov. 2021
• Pierce, the rookie, tried to take the blame after the game.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 5 Dec. 2022
• Cam Newton wasn’t around to take the blame for this one.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2021
• And Petrakov again displayed that by stepping up to take the blame for the loss.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022
• Start the budget train moving and squeeze the swing-state Democrats to get on board or take the blame for failure.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 July 2021
• After the game Sunday, Rivers tried to take the blame away from Reich.
  — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Sep. 2020
• By April 2021, McCarthy was shifting his story to take the blame off of Trump.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 14 Jan. 2022
• Weak muscles in your hips and core most often take the blame, Holland says.
  — Cindy Kuzma, Health, 9 Mar. 2023
• Louisa might take the blame for this, for having wasted the batteries now.
  — Susan Choi, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2020
• The police force in Australia should take the blame for lack of foresight on the application of tasers.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
• New York center Jon Feliciano didn’t let Neal take the blame alone.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 27 Sep. 2022
• In June, airlines refused to take the blame alone for heavy flight traffic and disruptions along the East Coast.
  — Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2023
• Velma agreed to take the blame to preserve his and Nathan’s relationship.
  — Cate Young, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2021
• After two terms in office, Hahn should take the blame, Villanueva said.
  — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2024
• Does anyone take the blame and the responsibility to fix issues, or is blame being thrown around?
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• Does anyone take the blame and the responsibility to fix issues, or is blame being thrown around?
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• Mayfield also appeared to overthrow a wide open Odell Beckham Jr. deep, but Beckham pointed to himself after the miss as if to take the blame.
  — cleveland, 17 Aug. 2020
• The real kicker here, though, is that nobody wants to take the blame for the leftover rocket currently spiraling at 5,800 mph towards the Moon.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 3 Mar. 2022
• Be a good listener and a helpful associate, but don’t take the blame for someone else’s shortcomings.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2024
• Meanwhile, seemingly past the point of opting out of the class-action waiver, some users expected to take the blame for the breach still appear confused about what happened.
  — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2024
• Meanwhile, Brooke decides to take the blame for scandals threatening to destroy Pat and Chase’s careers, then has a romantic reunion with Lance.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
• Young had just taken his second sack of the game a play earlier after tapping his chest to take the blame for appearing to hold onto the ball too long before hitting Williams deep.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 20 Nov. 2021
• Jones had initially persuaded his girlfriend to take the blame for hitting and killing Daniels, according to the criminal complaint.
  — Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2022
• The group essentially is daring the divided House Republicans to oppose it and take the blame for shutting down the government if the Sept. 30 deadline has not been met.
  — Paul Kane, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2023
• Who'd actually take the blame in a default depends on the eventual circumstances.
  — Gary Langer, ABC News, 5 May 2023
• Who'd actually take the blame in a default depends on the eventual circumstances.
  — Gary Langer, ABC News, 5 May 2023
• When the public internalizes this new normal and eventually tunes out, at least the finger-wagging climate denialist brigade will be there to take the blame.
  — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2013
• Billionaire Elon Musk refused on Friday to take the blame for Twitter's lower-than-expected revenue numbers for the second quarter of 2022.
  — Grayson Quay, The Week, 23 July 2022
• If financial advice turns out to be poor, will creators take the blame, or will the responsibility ultimately lie with the clients who are taking the financial risk?
  — Kunle Fadeyi, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Oct 2024