How To Use Accusation In A Sentence

If she levels a levelheaded, legitimate accusation, delegitimize it by feigning astonishment and outrage.
Their accusations of corruption are hypocritical - they have been just as corrupt themselves.
Often he found her quietly weeping, but they were never tears of accusation; only tears of regret.
But his police career ended in a welter of accusations that in order to obtain results, he hadn't just bent the rules, he'd twisted them out of shape.
The latest strategy is now seen dropping unsupported accusations across the media spectrum to the effect that the intelligence agency's assignment of Ambassador Joseph Wilson to look into the now-discredited Iraq/Niger/uranium claims were all part of a long-term insidious scheme to try and discredit the Bush Administration. Brad Friedman: Wingnuts Declare Coordinated All-Out Cross-Media War on CIA as Newest Front in TreasonGate!

The disgusting partiality shown in the accusations was disrelished, as was the resort that had been had to torture. History of the United States, Volume 1 (of 6)
This column will doubtless attract accusations of self-indulgence, although you might equally contest that having demanded that my photograph appear at the top of the page and that my name appear in capitals and bold type, that particular ship has sailed. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
In the second week of August the government was obliged to answer accusations of negligence and indifference.
There were pointed fingers and raised voices, harsh accusations and angry rebuttals.
He made the accusation in the presence of witnesses.
In reality the record suggests that it is rare for knowingly false accusations to be made against British troops. Times, Sunday Times
A frequent accusation levelled against the nouveau roman and, indeed, both modernism and postmodernism is their apolitical nature.
Then the regional financial crisis hit and suddenly the air was full of accusations of bureaucratic ineptitude, corruption and outright dereliction of duty.
The accusations were incredibly serious -- elements within the national staff had conspired to produce a disaster. Calcio: A History of Italian Football
Success attended him, and the pacha, his predecessor, having in his opinion, as well as in that of the sultan, remained an unusual time in office, by an accusation enforced by a thousand purses of gold, he was enabled to produce a bowstring for his benefactor; and the sultan's "firmaun" appointed him to the vacant pachalik. The Pacha of Many Tales
``Only to save you from accusations of plagiarism, me old son. THE SHIPPING NEWS
Lest there be an accusation of harsh criticism, we should say their success in elucidating some aspects of Islamic economics deserves commendation.
In 1985-86, the domestic FA ordered the final round of league fixtures to be replayed amid accusations of match-fixing.
It is typical of painters, he wrote, to make these wild accusations, wild generalizations.
The flattish factuality of the poem well conveys its embarrassed self-accusation.
My response to those accusations was to relocate to Madrid – the only city in Europe where I could unravel the Islamic Andalusian influences that pervade Spanish culture.
The accusation that religious groups are exploiting parlous economic conditions to add numbers to their flock is a common one. Times, Sunday Times
her accusations were below the belt
The airlines rejected the accusations and said they would defend themselves vigorously. Times, Sunday Times
You just can't level the same accusation at Rickenbacker, since they've always made good stuff.
Is the whole accusation of racism just a set-up?
There was a hint of accusation in her voice.
I haven't had much success refuting their accusations.
Lyndon was exonerated from the accusation of cheating.
You've no right to burst in here, making all these accusations and bullying an old man. A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE
They fled the country, amid accusations of corruption.
Even the campaign's biggest newspaper enthusiasts are nervous about any accusation of being prejudiced, devoting many column inches to denying charges of homophobia and bigotry before they had even been made.
Kifaya, for one, is more interested in promoting what it calls ‘political disobedience’ than rebutting accusations levelled against it.
Moreover, contrary to the communist accusations of neocolonialism, these terms were costly to the US.
Mark 15:26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
A frequent accusation levelled against the nouveau roman and, indeed, both modernism and postmodernism is their apolitical nature.
She soon saw that her accusation had found its mark.
Like other rail bosses, Mr Pollard is touchy about accusations that not enough has been done to improve rail safety in the year since Paddington.
There were no thanks in the letter from him, just complaints and accusations.
The accusation that the king aimed at increasing the royal prerogative or deliberately connived at secret influence will not bear scrutiny.
The accusations are clearly politically motivated - with the charge of theft being added to cast a slur on Sarath's character.
They also face accusations of crossing another line. Times, Sunday Times
There has been a long list of accusations piling up since the 1980s about Sartre's arrivisme, and that this led to his willing accommodation to Vichy.
The history of racism in accusations and punishments for rape is sordid and shameful.
If those accusations were levelled at the other councillor it would be understandable.
It also led to accusations against the Government that it had been cavalier with the nation's priceless historical artefacts. Times, Sunday Times
Su's accusation was refuted by city government officials, who said the construction completion date had been officially postponed to the end of August next year.
She was cut to the quick by the accusation.
The government ought to answer that accusation. Times, Sunday Times
None of these accusations however has been proven and some within Bulgaria believe that they were generated as acts of business sabotage by weapons companies from other countries.
Every question Crosse asked himself left him facing a spear of accusation.
One fan will be charged with a felony assault charge for accusations of throwing a chair.
He was terribly indignant at what he saw as false accusations.
I agree that smoking is not a good thing to do, but I defend the smoker's right not to be vilified and told they are dirty, smelly, unclean and all the other accusations thrown their way.
A frequent accusation levelled against the nouveau roman and, indeed, both modernism and postmodernism is their apolitical nature.
Responding to concerns in the Northern Isles, NorthLink have refuted accusations that it is seeking to cut jobs in the islands.
My response to those accusations was to relocate to Madrid – the only city in Europe where I could unravel the Islamic Andalusian influences that pervade Spanish culture.
So what of another accusation: that he oversimplifies complex issues? Times, Sunday Times
You could not conceivably get more resentment and accusation than is documented there.
Your accusation must be grounded on facts.
The right to silence is and is no more than an immunity from adverse inferences from failing to answer an accusation or question or evidence.
There are illegitimate children over the years, accusations of collusion with Nazis, shadowy tales of unrequited longing and profound unfairness.
Locke is anxious to defend his political philosophy against the accusation that it encourages rebellion.
Burton's enemies had made false accusations against him.
We need to stop allowing these people who have soapboxes to put whatever conspiratory plotline they saw on TV show in our heads and making baseless accusations just to get us worked up amongst ourselves. Avlon: Partisan politics ought to end at the water’s edge
He had then made the time-worn accusation that the pretensions of the courts reduced the kingdom to an aristocracy of magistrates.
Your arrogance, cockiness and incompetence in the accusations you hurl so carelessly is shocking. Think Progress » 60 Minutes: CIA Official Reveals Bush, Cheney, Rice Were Personally Told Iraq Had No WMD in Fall 2002
Two days later, I had hand-delivered to me a solicitor's letter making accusations against me that I had defamed the client.
If any one had taxed him with the vice, he would have indignantly repelled the accusation, and conceived himself unworthily aspersed. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
The accusation is that they disregard the legitimacy of contrary opinion on the principle that judgement is their prerogative alone, that they are asserting a privileged status, expecting it to be recognised. More on Critique
By running for deputy, he has left himself open to the accusation that he has no hope of becoming leader.
She took a long breath and regarded me with a look that was rife with accusation.
The media should refrain from reporting on events staged by politicians trying to excuse their own misconduct or making unfounded accusations.
Sensitive to accusations of cronyism, he also wanted a non-political appointment.
The blonde with tears running down her cheeks starts crying harder but her blue eyes have a hint of accusation in them.
He will spark of such an argument via the use of ad hominem attacks (i.e. 'you're nothing but a fanboy' is a popular phrase) (or in this case repeated accusations that those contributing are "embittered feminists") with no substance or relevance to back them up as well as straw man arguments (i.e. continual redefining of what the discussion is actually about), which he uses to simply avoid addressing the essence of the issue. Sex and the single Marvel super heroine | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
‘In fact, there are so many refutable claims and irresponsible accusations contained in this 175-page report that it would take another 175 pages to correct the errors,’ Mr. Boyle said.
Even commendation itself is often used calumniously, with intent to breed dislike and ill-will towards a person commended in envious or jealous ears; or so as to give passage to dispraises, and render the accusations following more credible. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)
The hand of the soldier and the two hands of the servant signify the three-fold accusation and denial; the infolded hands of Peter tellingly express both denial and repentance.
Daniel bristled at the Captain's accusation, ‘What girl?’
He said the accusation had been made from hatred and ill will.
There were petty accusations of male chauvinism. The Times Literary Supplement
Certainly, given the heinousness of the accusation and the community outrage, it wouldn't be a surprise if they asked for it.
Results The degree on self-inconsistency was very high. The mean scores of the factors on self-accusation and illusion were all higher than the counterpart in the norms of Chinese.
Bara also warned that such a hasty accusation could prompt a perception among the public that it is merely camouflage for the real masterminds of the bombings.
He poured forth a stream of bitter accusations.
Accusations of harbouring suspects were raised against the former Hungarian leadership.
Il faut en ceci," dit-il, "tout accorder a leurs adversaires, les surpasser meme en severite, ne regarder a leurs accusations que pour y ajouter, s'ils en oublient; et puis les sommer de dresser, a leur tour, le compte des erreurs, des crimes, et des maux de ces temps et de ces pouvoirs qu'ils ont pris sous leur garde. Lectures on Modern history
It is difficult to refute this accusation. The Times Literary Supplement
He filed an accusation with the police.
He evidenced his accusation with some material evidence.
A clean conscience fears not false accusations.
He has been badly hurt by the accusations and lurid headlines and it will take time for him to rebuild his life. The Sun
June 6 -- Belgian Legation at Washington gives out a statement answering the German White Book recently issued at Berlin making accusations against the Belgian civilian population; reply denounces allegations of franc-tireur warfare as false and unsupported; Belgian Government, instead of encouraging civilian resistance, warned the population against it. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915
This is a false and baseless accusation.
In order to punish crimes of injury to credit rights and safeguard the credit rights, accusation and facts about the crime as...
You have no right to spit out your accusation at me!
All of this sturm und drang is just plain tedious, with the same sides making the same invalid arguments and accusations. The Latest Teacup Tempest
The accusation that the king aimed at increasing the royal prerogative or deliberately connived at secret influence will not bear scrutiny.
On the surface, the accusations against him look run-of-the-mine. Archive 2005-03-01
His authority and wisdom being immediately established by such adjectives as "discerning" (discretus) and "lettered" (literatus), John claims that he has heard such accusations before, legitimizing a process already underway. 103 It is this combination of intellect and emotion, of learned law expert and mourning mother, of two responses gendered male and female, that, Matthew hints, led to the king's belief in the accusation and to the execution of nineteen Jews. A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
Hague last night insisted that he would not be silenced by accusations of racism, which he said were designed as a smokescreen to hide Labour's problems over asylum.
I knew Hertz Lipmann would have willingly made a false accusation against anyone, if the Party required it of him.
And always consult an attorney before a final accusation is printed or read publicly. Christianity Today
See Mapp and its progeny. (also, the “cruel trilemma” of perjury, self-accusation or contempt of court mentioned in Andreson). Waldo Jaquith - Albemarle’s useless DUI checkpoint.
As more people got into the accusation game, the stories became more bizarre, with accusers claiming, for example, to have seen the specters of witches and witnessed their deeds.
Yeah, guess I'll go to confession for writing that; after all, a little self-accusation never hurts. Archive 2008-08-01
But if Roosevelt didn't deserve to be executed as a spy, he most certainly ought to have been horsewhipped for his cavalier dismissal of Whittaker Chambers' accusations.
Technically sweet and politically acceptable, it avoids accusation of moral hypocrisy by using economic arguments to appeal to self interest.
Fully documenting any issues in writing is an obvious best practice, but it's important that the communications be free of terminology that can be taken as an accusation or disparagement.
To protect themselves from accusations of bullying unfriendliness, these kids are really really nice to everybody all the time.
Perhaps more relevantly, he is also widely credited as being the first ‘spin-doctor’, a claim or accusation he robustly rebuts in this book as ‘all bunkum and balderdash’.
In addition to self-denunciation, they wallowed in orgies of accusation against others.
Establishing the perfect system of witness' testification in court is beneficial to promote the execution of litigation mode of accusation and defense, to push the reformation of court judgment.
If affordable, car owners should have their own officially licensed emission test devices to ensure against possible police accusations of unsatisfactory results.
His success in rebutting the accusation was, he believes, pivotal in helping the regents and the rest of the university community understand the importance of academic freedom.
This accusationof bribery is a vile smear on an honourable citizen.
The story, accusations that people who had their bodies frozen at extremely low temperatures -- a practice called cryonics -- may have been abused by a company that stored their remains. CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2009
Mason points out that accusations of collusion between the two companies were nothing new.
But last night they protested their innocence and claimed the false accusations had ruined their lives. The Sun
One must be sure of one's facts before making a public accusation.
We have a culture of accusations against people going back many years. The Sun
Childe Harold" or "Don Juan," despite Swinburne's accusation of botchery, they would see that he really had very little time to be wicked. Without Prejudice
unworthily" given up, but such an accusation is entirely groundless. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans
According to JewishVirtualLibrary.org and substantiated by 'The Blood libel legend: a casebook in anti-Semitic folklore,' a 1991 book by Alan Dundes, an influential Roman Catholic magazine titled 'Civilta Cattolica' in 1881 revived the blood libel accusation, going on to write a series of articles forwarding the fraudulent allegation. Blood Libel Claim By Sarah Palin Causes Controversy
The inclusion of the word "justifiable" is clever: it is not, of course, the Left view, but it encapsulates a farily common conservative accusation. Archive 2009-09-01
We both know he's got enemies in town, people who would nod and say ` uh-huh " if the police made any more accusations against him. SNOWJOB
Ms. Clinton did not quat the last aaccusation, but has used her deceptive responses to support the therory. Obama camp out with new gas tax ad, Clinton camp fires back
Rejecting accusations by the ANC that the document was part of what it called a disinformation campaign, Stadler said his observations were based on facts and thorough research. ANC Daily News Briefing
In contrast to the dignified silence from the other side, even slyly whispered accusations are magnified to sound deafeningly crass.
But I think this goes just a long way to kind of dispel a lot of the accusations at Al Jazeera, that we're a tool of the Iraqi regime. CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2003
They fled the country, amid accusations of corruption.
Three ships, led by the 720-tonne Yushin Maru and accompanied by a fisheries agency guard vessel, left Shimonoseki port in south-western Japan amid accusations that the fleet was taking cash intended for fishing communities hit by the March earthquake and tsunami. Japan whaling fleet accused of using tsunami disaster funds
'To bereave a man of life, or by violence to confiscate his estate, without accusation or trial, would be so gross and notorious an act of despotism as must at once convey the alarm of tyranny throughout the whole nation; but confinement of the person, by secretly hurrying him to jail, where his sufferings are unknown or forgotten, is a less public, a less striking, and therefore a more dangerous engine of arbitrary government. OpEdNews - Quicklink: Froomkin: A Blow Against Tyranny
If affordable, car owners should have their own officially licensed emission test devices to ensure against possible police accusations of unsatisfactory results.
In this vile composition lie accusations of unjustness, vitriol, manipulation, and home wrecking.
The proposals will prompt accusations that voters are being asked to bail out political parties, who have tried to hide their millionaire donors from public scrutiny. Times, Sunday Times
The only thing more absurd than the accusation was that some felt the need to argue against it. Times, Sunday Times
Mr. Breitbart says he suspects the accusations were just a cynical attempt by the left and elements of the media to "marginalize" the Tea Party movement. Rude for Reid
Countering accusations of dullness, the insurer's job often borders on the surreal.
It is these kinds of charges and accusations that make people laugh at the military.
He and his employers refute accusations that his style of investigation constitutes entrapment.
The foreign minister's post was vacated last month by Yu Myung-hwan over accusations that hiring procedures were rigged to help his daughter win a mid-level job at the ministry. South Korea Gets New Prime Minister
To avoid such accusations in the future it might serve the editors well to cease using novelists as reviewers of other novelists work or, at a minimum carefully vet the reviewer to uncover any personal antagonisms or secret agendas. Warren Adler: Should Novelists Review Other Novelist's Novels?
Adeline had no retrospect of past delight to give emphasis to present calamity — no weeping friends — no dear regretted objects to point the edge of sorrow, and throw a sickly hue upon her future prospects: she knew not yet the pangs of disappointed hope, or the acuter sting of self-accusation; she had no misery, but what patience could assuage, or fortitude overcome. The Romance of the Forest
This unsourced accusation, which probably originates in the expatriate Iranian community, strikes me as completely implausible.
Technically sweet and politically acceptable, it avoids accusation of moral hypocrisy by using economic arguments to appeal to self interest.
As soon as the meeting was over, they contacted reporters with near-verbatim accounts of the participants' behavior in a frantic series of accusations and denials, spiced with dollops of invective.
Dos Santos also repeated his accusation that Savimbi had used previous peace accords to buy time while he rearmed his troops.
The invective I saw on these threads particularly from the one I referred to as the fragrant one (now disappeared) was never true, nor were her accusations, but you were a different story - never rude, a sensible and balanced lady but totally appalled by the spectre of an Obama presidency - what I am really asking you is why you are so out of sync with the mass of intelligent Americans thatI have spoken to or heard. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
The common accusation that infrastructure projects are no more than fiscal transfers through the back door could therefore be neatly sidestepped. Times, Sunday Times
There is another area where false accusations have become endemic. Times, Sunday Times
The embattled minister refused to be drawn yesterday on accusations that he had deceived the public before the election when he insisted that no spending cuts were planned.
Second, knowing that the article in question provided no opportunity to offer the kind of scholarly support for the arguments, were the author truly interested in whether I were interested in quantifying the effects of money on political discourse "in any systemic way," he might taken the trouble to do some research into the fully footnoted scholarly work I've published on this and related questions before leveling his accusations. Eric Alterman: Think Again: How to Manipulate Form and Content for Fun and Profit (and Conservative Ideology) or 'Enough about You'
All of this has prompted mild accusations of disingenuousness.
Jewish students in upstate New York report that their daily high school experience includes being called "kike," hearing accusations that they killed Christ, listening to Holocaust "jokes" and having coins thrown at them. Maureen Costello: Whoopi's White Noise Comes with a Study Guide
We now have independent evidence that lends colour to the accusation of fraud.
There was accusation in her voice, and he felt his heart go heavy at it.
I rarely get called overemotional my nickname in sixth grade was “Spock”, but I’ve certainly seen that accusation used on other women, and all the cases I remember, I remember because I thought the woman in question was perfectly rational and the accusation irked me. Men’s Egos are *that* frail?!…really?!
That is a preposterous accusation!
The rush to remove Estrada is bound up with broader issues than the accusations of corruption or with the moral condemnations of his own self-confessed drinking, gambling and womanising.
took the unadvised measure of going public with the accusations
Controversy surrounded the early years of the priest's incumbency due to accusations from local newspapers of increased levels of ‘Popish and Pagan mummeries’ within St Michael's services.
The declaration exposed him to accusations of hypocrisy after each revelation of arms sales to dubious regimes.
It is much easier to hurl accusations from above and demand that lesser mortals do the actual work.
They would not feel shame at accusations of corruption and at the opprobrium of their colleagues. Times, Sunday Times
And the first part of the case is probably the most powerful, if not exactly the sexiest, which is the straight pay-for-play accusation, that he sold government contracts in return for campaign contributions. CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2008
When Bush invaded Iraq and the journalists were told to "Sieg Heil" or face accusations of being unpatriotic, no one uttered a peep in protest. When Put-downs = Punditry
His assessment is that neither the types of magic described in the trial accusations, nor the procedures and outcomes of the trials themselves, conform to the stereotypes of demonologists.
The patrician was executed on the ready accusation of treason, and the wife of Alexander driven with ignominy from the palace, and banished into Africa. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
But you are aware of course that you have completely failed so far to substantiate any of your accusations against my client. DOUBTFUL MOTIVES
During the sacking of the houses of the local aristocracy, pillaging was sufficiently controlled for some of the furnishings to be given to the poor, to deflect accusations of theft.
Accusations of harbouring suspects were raised against the former Hungarian leadership.
But the internal report has dismissed the majority of accusations, leaving both sides in dispute over the findings. Times, Sunday Times
The accusations of unsociability, of individualism, of aristocratism, were closely connected with this particular mood.
I neither stated nor implied that my experiences with accusations of passive-aggressive behavior were representative.
Note the underlying gender feminist assumptions: 1. women are victims where sex is concerned; men are never raped or taken advantage of sexually or in relationship, 2. all accusations are true; and if contested, you become calumniated as an accessory or a Neanderthal in need of re-education. Do you think "Consent is Sexy"?
The company was prompt in its response to these accusations.
An assembly set up to devise the country 's new constitution has been suspended amid accusations that it was not diverse enough. Times, Sunday Times
Lehman makes several accusations, such as an argument that Windschuttle doesn't understand the Aborigines ‘attachment to the land through its flora and fauna, and he speculates baselessly about Windschuttle's motivations.
But we are going to fight back, make our voices heard and rebut these accusations, which very often have no evidence to support them. Times, Sunday Times
He was forced to sign a letter saying he had made baseless accusations against the security forces. Times, Sunday Times
He'd come over to confront Stan and Tiny and to tell them exactly what he thought of their effrontery, but held back the accusation for want of proof.
Many right-wing posters make the accusation that left-wingers fabricate their arguments.
That was not my understanding of the regulations, and I resent your accusation that I failed to follow them correctly.
His response to the accusation was rapid.
It all sounded pretty thin, though, alongside the moving accusations from Merseyside.
The plaintiff's lawyers never had support for their calumnious accusations against the Holy See," he added. Vatican Releases Files in Bid to Rebut Claims of Coverup
This amounts to a grave accusation, but Bissell leaves it as just a broad hint.
The accusations are making the government's conduct appear increasingly sleazy.
There is a political dimension to the accusations.
She was deeply pained by the accusation.
His complicity, if proved, would be a sensation, but even his critics poured scorn on the accusation.
Self-accusation and liberal construction is a penal system regulated by our country's Criminal Law, as well as an important legal circumstance of punishment.
We live off the dividends of our self-accusation.
The accusations will reignite controversy over how much tax big companies pay in Britain. The Sun
The accusation, in short, furnishes the occasion for destroying him, not necessarily the reason for it. Reflections and Comments 1865-1895
This sounds like a barrage of accusation—I don'tintend it to be.
Taitz, who believes that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is building internment camps to house anti-Obama activists and that Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez controls the software that runs American voting machines, makes for undeniably good television: She looks like a young Carol Channing, sounds like an overexcited Zsa Zsa Gabor, and has the ability to make absurd accusations with a completely straight face. The Panic Virus
VenomFangX, unable to actually outargue and outreason Thunderf00t, made a series of legal accusations, that Thunderf00t was violating copyright, and convinced Youtube to briefly yank his account. Pharyngula

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