How to Use blame in a Sentence
- I blame the poor harvest on the weather.
- My father always blames everything on me.
- Don't blame me. You are responsible for your own problems.
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At the time, who could blame him?
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Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2026
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And, in a way, who could blame her?
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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But your job ads may be to blame, too.
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Kat Boogaard,
CNBC,
15 Apr. 2026
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There is no one else to blame for a bad shot.
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Jayson Jenks,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Makes no sense to blame anybody.
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Assistant Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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Buium blamed himself for the loss.
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Joe Smith,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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And not many people could blame them.
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Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
14 Feb. 2026
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She was stalked and harassed and blamed her ex.
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Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
1 May 2026
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This time, a rough third quarter was to blame.
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Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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So, if honey bees aren’t to blame, what is?
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Andony Melathopoulos,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2026
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In this case, the coaching staff wasn’t to blame.
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Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
1 Sep. 2025
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Who could blame them for thinking that, if that was the case?
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Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Paige had a little fun with it and joked her swing was to blame.
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Sean Joseph Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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Who can blame Miller for being steamed?
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Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Jan. 2026
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The easy thing here is to blame the defense, which has not played great.
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James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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But there is no point blaming Tuchel for this.
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Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Cal had let Kayce and the others blame him for years.
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Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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Not that any of his teammates are blaming him.
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Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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Sleep problems can be blamed on a busy schedule.
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Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2026
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If people are able to leave, those who can will leave, and who could blame them?
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Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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Many believed his own policies were to blame.
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Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
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The struggling are blamed for their own predicament.
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Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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When the hype cycle breaks, consumers don’t blame the brands.
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Robert Johnson,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2026
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Climate change that has brought heat waves and drought was also blamed.
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Brian Melley,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
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It's been a long time since anyone blamed hip-hop for being too woke.
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Rodney Carmichael,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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But Cornyn said Trump isn’t fully to blame.
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Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
22 June 2026
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Or worse, blame yourself for their actions.
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Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
26 Feb. 2026
- It's not entirely his fault, but he's not completely free of blame, either.
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Things have been a big blame game.
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ABC News,
26 Oct. 2025
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So the blame can’t all be on me.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2026
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Now, here's where the blame lies at my feet.
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Janelle Ash , Deirdre Heavey,
FOXNews.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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All the fault and all the blame here falls on me.
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Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Feb. 2026
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Those fans who must have a scapegoat(s) on whom to place blame.
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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But blame is part of the game in the Bronx.
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Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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There was plenty of blame to go around.
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Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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The blame game does not work anymore.
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Sarah Min,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
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The blame game does not work anymore.
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Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
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Polls show the blame is nearly split.
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Leonardo Feldman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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The blame needed to be passed around.
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James L. Edwards Iii,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Thomson will take the blame for that.
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Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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There’s plenty of blame to go around.
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Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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Hall placed blame on the court system for the death.
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Josh Bergeron,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Sep. 2025
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Hey, there was plenty of blame to go around.
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John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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To be clear, there’s plenty of blame to go around.
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Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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There’s plenty of blame to go around for these trends.
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Editorial,
Boston Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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These sessions aren’t about blame.
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Shiva Krishna Kodithyala,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Staff has put part of the blame on the long planning process.
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Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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Some of the blame for how far things have gotten rests on us.
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Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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But the players should take their fair share of the blame, too.
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Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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And the blame beat goes on in Congress.
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Boston Herald Editorial Staff,
Boston Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
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Most of the blame can be placed on the hominins and their stone tools.
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Tim Newcomb,
Popular Mechanics,
14 July 2023
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Some of the blame for that gap lies with Apple.
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Dominic Preston,
The Verge,
25 Apr. 2026
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Marc Casado might take a big part of the blame.
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Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Carey, who went down with his ship, received most of the blame for the tragedy.
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Erica Westly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Dec. 2023
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Do tech companies bear any of the blame?
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Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2026
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Much of the blame fell on the inside linebackers.
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Rick Stroud,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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Writers who do not assign blame to noise.
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Sloane Crosley,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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