How to Use finger-pointing in a Sentence

finger-pointing

noun
  • Leonsis has walked back his finger-pointing at crime as the reason.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Quite possibly, and right now there is a lot of finger-pointing about that.
    — WIRED, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Players dropped their heads after bad plays and there was finger-pointing.
    — Michael Howes, Baltimore Sun, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Right now, there’s too much finger-pointing and not enough ownership.
    — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 4 May 2026
  • The fires also seem to be setting a new standard for finger-pointing.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The handling of the crisis has led to finger-pointing among Democrats.
    — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The solution is not more finger-pointing.
    — Christine Schuster, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Leadership and teams were finger-pointing and passing off blame.
    — Anne Sugar, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • There has been plenty of teeth gnashing and finger-pointing in those big-city baseball markets.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 2 May 2026
  • This shifts the focus away from finger-pointing and toward the issue itself.
    — Souzan Bachir, Forbes.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • But there was no finger-pointing from Nosek’s teammates or coaches after the game.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 5 June 2025
  • What ensued was an orgy of finger-pointing and budget slashing.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
  • But the Badgers — after weeks of booing, finger-pointing and doubt — looked alive again.
    — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The requirement has been a source of infighting and finger-pointing.
    — Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The potential breakthrough ends a lengthy impasse marked by miscues and finger-pointing on both sides.
    — Vivek Wadhwa, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2024
  • In the months since, the recriminations and finger-pointing have risen like an angry tide.
    — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
  • That's why the partisan finger-pointing rings hollow.
    — Darvio Morrow, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
  • As is often the case when companies displease their customers en masse, there’s lots of finger-pointing.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • Still, the political finger-pointing has begun over whether more could have been done sooner.
    — Kirk Siegler, NPR, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Jalen Hurts has regressed, the defense is struggling and there’s some finger-pointing in the locker room.
    — Rob Maaddi, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
  • What unfolds is a finger-pointing game of Who’s Behaved Worse?
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The federal government shutdown, going on for two weeks, has been filled with finger-pointing on each side.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • And, of course, there is voluminous finger-pointing over who, if anyone, will be held accountable.
    — Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
  • In the weeks to come there would be breathless news segments, finger-pointing, misinformation, and dashed hopes.
    — Longreads, 1 Feb. 2024
  • In such an instance, the loosey-goosey facets might allow for a great deal of confusion, finger-pointing, and slippery contrivances.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Footage of the shooting has divided viewers, with finger-pointing over who was the aggressor and who was the victim.
    — Charlotte Observer, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Here's the latest on the search and recovery efforts and the high-stakes finger-pointing after a tragic mission gone wrong.
    — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 24 June 2023
  • Then came partisan finger-pointing.
    — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025
  • While cloud seeding has been an easy culprit for internet finger-pointing as the flooding occurred, it is not known if cloud seeding played a role.
    — The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2024
  • While there does not appear to be a single reason the lawsuits are caught up in a legal logjam, there is plenty of finger-pointing about who is to blame.
    — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 9 May 2025

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