How to Use accuse in a Sentence

accuse

verb
  • Many have accused me of being tone-deaf.
    — Marc Brackett, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Attia has not been accused of any crimes.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Court records accuse him of killing at least three women there.
    — Dallas News, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Friends were accused, trust was destroyed, and no one felt safe.
    — EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Pulte has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
    — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 11 June 2026
  • Diller has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Some went so far as to accuse him of being unfaithful to her.
    — NBC News, 8 Oct. 2021
  • He is accused of stabbing the victims.
    — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Sheen was never accused of abuse himself.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • He was accused of being racist and of calling black people dumb.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Now, don’t accuse me of hanging a banner here before it is won.
    — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
  • He has even been accused of hosting a friend in his apartment during that time.
    — Becca Longmire, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But her pattern is to blow up at you, accuse you of lying, not speak to you and not change her ways.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 23 Jan. 2022
  • In the midst of the chaos, Kendall accused Corey of cursing at her.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Edin accused Kennedy of doing the move on purpose.
    — Pien Huang, NPR, 16 Feb. 2026
  • But critics can't accuse it of being a recent trend.
    — James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026
  • Powell is accused of smashing the mug over the victim's head.
    — Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • The club that was accused of buying its way to relevance has, on the pitch, earned it.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 June 2026
  • Prisons have been accused of human rights abuses for years.
    — CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Sheen has never publicly accused Richards of drug use.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Each side has accused the other of breaching the 10-day truce.
    — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Some people accused her of making the story up.
    — Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Noah pressures her to choose him and accuses her of being a gold digger in the process.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • One woman was accused of throwing a chair through a glass door and shattering it.
    — CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • Nobody will ever accuse me of laying over anyone for a win.
    — Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • New Labour was often accused of failing to invest in the forces.
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 15 Mar. 2026
  • In the film, Sandra is accused of pushing her husband to his death.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Attia has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 23 Feb. 2026
  • He was also accused of twice threatening to kill her in writing.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The father, whom Seth does not know, accused him of taking pics of his teenager.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026

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