How to Use ascribe in a Sentence

ascribe

verb
  • The loss may be ascribed to poor judgement but with no bad intent.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 7 Dec. 2025
  • The show’s casting made sure to not ascribe to just one type of beauty.
    — Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Kathy said, ascribing his mood to not being able to play video games.
    — Washington Post, 2 June 2017
  • Such a view ascribes thought that’s hard to find behind all the hatred.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Some of this is due to our need to ascribe names to new and different creatures.
    — Bob Humphrey, Outdoor Life, 9 Mar. 2021
  • People too easily ascribe a mind like their own to all sorts of things, from pets to pet rocks.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 June 2022
  • Lawyers from both sides are loath to ascribe partisan motives to sitting judges.
    — Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2020
  • And, for that matter, those who don’t ascribe to the gender binary.
    — Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Could the phenomenon be ascribed to changes in the moon’s orbit?
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 14 June 2018
  • Can the conclusion that one claim is more valid than the other be ascribed to Western bias?
    — Ralph Leonard, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
  • But that should not mislead us into thinking that most students simply ascribe to the mob’s views.
    — Sahil Handa, National Review, 4 July 2019
  • So is Bruce the latest celebrity to ascribe to the yeehaw agenda?
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 26 Apr. 2019
  • Too many of us ascribe the worst motives to anyone who does not agree with 100% of our beliefs.
    — Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com, 31 Aug. 2020
  • When so much meaning is ascribed to a piece of clothing, the prospect of looking for a wedding dress can seem daunting.
    — Helin Jung, Cosmopolitan, 9 Jan. 2018
  • The stumbles of the Texans aren't hard to track, or ascribe reasons behind.
    — Aaron Wilson, Houston Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2017
  • But the outlook is far from being as gloomy as the market is ascribing to these companies.
    — Thomas Heath, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Some might ascribe other meanings, but the words also offer a burning anthem for a day at the track.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2024
  • What doesn’t help is to assume the worst, to ascribe motives to him without giving him room to say otherwise.
    — Carolyn Hax, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2017
  • As to what Downey is ascribing to his native land, Murphy can do nothing but laugh.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Poor luck plagued him, but ascribing all of this outing to misfortune is misguided.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The end result is that many people are eager to ascribe mindedness to pieces of machinery and bits of code.
    — Eleanor Cummins, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The actress is cautious in ascribing too much power to her position.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Investors need to be mindful of hindsight bias — the tendency to ascribe signs of trouble after the fact.
    — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2018
  • Climbers die at a frightening rate, but the deaths are almost always ascribed to errors and accidents.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • One of them was from Clinton, in a message ascribed to him that extended a detailed message.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Fast forward about 400 years, and people had started to ascribe meaning to the tarot card symbols.
    — Norcal Marketing, Chron, 28 Jan. 2021
  • In 2023, an agency spokeswoman even ascribed the blame in part to holidays.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The average consumer might ascribe the declining price to a variant of Moore’s law.
    — Ashwin Rodrigues, Fortune, 21 July 2019
  • They are embedded in the day-to-day work, ascribe to the company culture and understand the status quo.
    — Erik Huberman, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The executive was quick to ascribe their final trade returns as a reflection of the market.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026

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