How To Use Blame In A Sentence

The blame for this month's wet weather lies with the jet stream winds a few miles high. Times, Sunday Times
Naa, Mr. Penrose, yo 'preachers talk abaat th' Cross, and it's o 'reet that yo' should; but yo 'cannot blame me for talkin' abaat my flute, con yo ', when it's bin my salvation? Lancashire Idylls (1898)
‘If you've no wish to sell the charcoals,’ Rachel began, ‘I don't at all blame you.'
They therefore blame not the buddy system but political patronage for government inefficiency.
I blame it all on becca who called me in the middle of the night to talk to me all about how the two best friends names are Kate and Becca and that the main character lives in apartment 601 as my address and other kooky details that i have been trying to forget nightly since i saw that movie, And then every sound is that kid coming out of the television and im only writing about it now in order to expunge as i fear she will grab hold of my foot from under the desk and eat me or turn me into something decomposing or whatever it is she does. I-claudius Diary Entry

Though stiff-necked and officious, the commanders aren't demonized nor singled out for blame.
One consequence of epidemiological research into the contribution of lifestyle factors to cancer risk has been to blame the individual who develops cancer.
She also blames retention of green belt land for small houses and high prices. Times, Sunday Times
So who is to blame -- hunters, wildlife managers, hikers, developers?
So return to him, O thou monk, and say that the single combat shall take place to morrow, for this day we have come off our journey and are aweary; but after rest neither reproach nor blame fear ye. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts of laughter and for the repute of a wit, who can invent what he never saw, who cannot keep a secret - that man is black at heart: mark and avoid him. Northern Rock - Pay staff a bonus with public cash.
The crash has previously been blamed on technical faults and human error. The Sun
When asked who was to blame for all the possessed girls she responded, ‘The devil for aught I know.’
For both conservatives and revisionists, revolutionary violence cannot be blamed on the revolution's opponents.
At least when you are home you can sit in your own Cadillacs for hours in the rush traffic and pollute the air as much you like, destroying the ozone layer and blame it on us smokers.
Festivals that provide a forum for Arab and Israeli art and culture, and universities and academies that offer joint courses in the Qur'an and the Bible, midrash and tafsir, cabbalah and Sufism, thereby placing them in their original relation to one another, are today only feasible in exile -- in the West, of all places, which bears part of the blame for the present-day impossible situation. MRZine.org
The investigation into the air crash would inevitably apportion blame to certain members of the crew.
It was for them a blameless activity, and involved a charming motif of the new art. Times, Sunday Times
If you follow my diet, you may not lose weight but, darn it, you can always blame it on someone or something else.
They are now more likely to call a product obstreperous than blame themselves for their ineptitude.
It's the coalition forces who are to blame for the continuation of the war.
The chytrid fungus is thought to be to blame. Times, Sunday Times
THE next time you suffer toothache or throbbing back pain, blame it on evolution. The Sun
Labor Party leaders have denounced the talk as an attempt by the right to escape indirect blame for the assassination.
This is not to say that any one group of conservatives are strictly to blame.
Well, she's stuck in this rat trap now, so I can't say I blame her.
The blame rests with successive weak and myopic Cong govts whose stupid policies destroyed the economy, leaving India pauperized, unable to help anyone as she herself was abegging for aid. India vs China SnapShot
He called the PM a failed leader and tried to partly blame him for the fiasco over failure to deport foreign prisoners. The Sun
The government has been widely blamed for the crisis.
An ineffective flu jab given to millions of elderly people last year has been blamed for a record number of deaths over the winter. Times, Sunday Times
It is not yet clear if the architects or builders are to blame. The Sun
No doubt Mr Mutley is well aquatinted with the way dogs mate, having mounted the lady dog the chap dog turns around and then they commence to perform the filthy act facing away from each other, having smelt pedigree chum on a dogs breath I cant say that I blame them. Double Jeopardy
Perhaps because most of the cast is made up of relative no-names, we shouldn't expect the caliber of their talent to be very high, but more of the blame for the poor performances can be laid at the director's feet.
Don't think you can blame them for seizing contol except I do not think you can blame them for being tired of being used by the remainder of the Republican Party in the North and West for 40 years. Vitter defends Southern influence in GOP, slams Voinovich
Seriously though, Rufus knew that the problems commonly blamed on rye occur when the grain is moldy and has ergot, so he was careful never to buy moldy rye.
Optus blamed "lower usage and rates for international inpayment traffic. ITnews Australia
The obvious thing to do would be to find a scapegoat, so they blame it on the bugs.
She will blame the couple's very different social backgrounds for the differences that eventually led to the collapse of their marriage.
He blames the impression held by many that they can negotiate better prices at the large new dealerships in Murfreesboro.
This was partly because of mismanagement, but limp demand was also to blame. Times, Sunday Times
Heaping blame on each other between the police and the Lusaka City Council over the issue of the Lusaka street vendors is uncalled for and totally unnecessary.
Foul drinking water was blamed for the epidemic.
If an accident happens as a consequence, they will know who to blame.
Both sides blamed each other for the breakdown of talks.
The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome.
Mugabe has blamed his country's woes on former coloniser Britain and other Western nations. ANC Daily News Briefing
He did not like the question but you cannot blame fans for getting carried away bearing in mind the way they are playing. The Sun
Steve Sailer has been way ahead of you in heaping blame on Bush. Matthew Yglesias » On So-Called “Irresponsible” Borrowers
The cast does its adequate best - you can't blame the players for occasionally fumbling such leaden material.
Other government plans to make all nurses take out indemnity insurance could worsen the blame culture, NT says. Times, Sunday Times
Educators blame the lack of interest or knowledge of civics on several things, including grade inflation, overemphasis of test scores, and failure to teach the relevance of the Constitution.
The cheque took 11 days to arrive and the letter blamed human error for the delay in sending a replacement. Times, Sunday Times
Thai press reports say government investigators have reached an initial finding that pilot error was to blame. Times, Sunday Times
I cannot accept that he is to blame.
It blames increased use of pesticides and fertilisers, habitat destruction, loss of mixed farms and changes to sowing patterns. Times, Sunday Times
He got to wear his lovely yellow silk gown—the one he wore as Juliet he fretted over the tear in the sleeve and blames Becka, naturally. Exit the Actress
The less attention received by U.S. officials and policy, the less blame Chávez can off-load on Washington, and the less he can claim that America poses a threat. Doug Bandow: Defusing Venezuela's Nuclear Threat?
It would be absurd to blame Aristotle for his conceptual poverty: poverty is a lack, not a failing.
Anders believes those psychic perks were partly to blame for the occasional criticism he received from other defense executives.
‘The principal and his henchmen blamed us for fermenting trouble and putting dangerous ideas in the heads of young people,’ he says.
I am inclined to agree with Sanders that the Federal Reserve showed poor leadership as the economic mess we're in unfolded, But I think Greenspan is much more to blame for the whole mess than Bernanke. Early fireworks in Bernanke confirmation drama
Nay, do not blame him; he cannot help _not_ loving me, no more than I can help _loving_ him. Nature and Art
We do need to finally lay the dead to rest, to accept that mistakes were made that cannot be unmade, and to accept that the ‘blame game’ at this point in our history would be a futile exercise.
Every department blames the other and no one accepts responsibility.
Tech companies blame the sharp downturn in their industry for the big write-offs.
Surely the blame rests squarely with Sir Ralph?
The three visiting prime ministers also met with their Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, who blamed Ukraine for failure to honor a multilateral agreement to resume shipment of gas to Europe.
US Airways blamed a record number of employee sick-outs for the problem.
Animals civilise a building, and it is a pity that Mrs Blair, no cat-lover, was blamed for the dismissal of Humphrey, a dignified and sagacious mouser.
We shouldn't blame, laugh at and envy anyone. We should be colorful in the sunshine, run in the winds and rains, dream your own dreams and go your own way.
That she blames Bliss is clear from her calling her older daughter a "worthless miscreation".
Don't blame me - it's not my fault.
To blame their youth, however, is to question the gimmick: two dewy adolescent Russians adding a lesbian jolt to teen pop's fading schoolgirl fantasies.
For loudly booing when the blameless singers and the faultless musicians were doing their best? Times, Sunday Times
I can hardly blame the engineer who designs the hydraulic dredger, nor the driller at Exxon who mines oil for his boat, nor the construction woman who paved the ramp where the clammer launched his boat this morning. Industrialism and clams
Conflict transformation avoids allocating blame or dwelling on the past, no matter how painful, in order to try to achieve shared futures.
The blame for the storms lay with a large loop in the jet stream river of wind a few miles high. Times, Sunday Times
Consider telling someone who is not a nagger or blamer.
On group rides if we get called fags my friends all look at/blame me Anti-Veloism: Weird, Creepy Bike Hate
Don't blame me for the delay.
Nor does it make for efficiency as the courts would be cluttered with prosecutions of blameless individuals who would ultimately be dealt with by means of an absolute discharge.
It was then that Kylie and Terry Blamey - now experienced legal hands - suffered a rare courtroom setback.
I don't wish to blame my children for everything, but they are a major liability when you're prone to blushing.
I can't say I blame her for resigning .
He sighed, and somehow she felt deeply blameworthy.
I blame James for bringing Friendster up on Monday, while a bunch of us were geeking out on our wifi-enabled Powerbooks in the hallway (causing Rebecca to ask, "Remember when we used to talk to each other?").
If my da can't find a parking spot he always blames it on me or my brother.
Not only should he be more concerned with ending the war, improving the economy and other issues instead of upheaving the whole political system, BUT he has a tendency to play the "blame game" (i.e. blaming and then denouncing his supporters when he or they get bad press OR stating that his words were taken out of context). Blitzer: Was Obama taking aim at McCain's age?
Unfortunately, the America's-always-to-blame bozos get all the publicity - and you're giving them more by implying that their moral blindness characterizes the academy as a whole.
Nothing could relieve my terrible sense of blame.
Pals blamed hectic work schedules for end of their relationship. The Sun
The Justice Department has blamed a computer virus for the delay.
It had connotations of blameworthy action, perversity or obstinacy.
She blamed him for the failure of their marriage/blamed the failure of their marriage on him.
You can't blame the people for the rulership. Times, Sunday Times
Ministers may deplore this cynicism - but they are to blame for having so many times promised so much and delivered so little. Times, Sunday Times
But the PDP blamed its failure on what it described as irreconcilable differences and divisions in the state chapter of the party. Thisday Online
Blame, attack, fear and greed ... we had better be quick to unhitch these mistakes and their consequences. Julie Newmar: A Gothic Bacchanal
Willoughby's boast of his implacable character was to blame.
He was sent off for two bookable offences and was the player to blame for the penalty which put Preston in front.
People have blamed this phenomena on many things.
It's natural to recriminate against someone who has tried to put the blame on you.
An administrative error has been blamed for robbing Bradford of the title of Britain's curry capital - to the fury of its restaurateurs.
In every wise blameless, till eld took from him eftsoon The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats
He always blames the defence when the team is not doing well.
These were all blameless cases of unintentional and unwitting mental telegraphy, I judge.
If the teams aren't cohesive enough to work together, then they have to blame themselves. Times, Sunday Times
Rising ticket prices had been blamed on fare dodgers in the past.
Old Labour leader George, torn apart by the contradictions that have led to this riot, suddenly thinks he sees who is to blame, and drops his trimming and concession-making approach.
Why pitch on me? I'm not to blame!
While a propagandist only presents one side, the fact is that no one side is seamless or blameless.
But the banks are not entirely blameless victims in such crime. Times, Sunday Times
The authors of the report appropriately place primary blame for the breakdown in professionalism on former attorney general Alberto R. Gonzales, who showed a breathtaking disengagement from the process of disposing of nine presidential appointees. Underplayed Stories of the Day - Swampland - TIME.com
That which medicine can't explain we tend to label psychosomatic and blame the patient, a cruel phenomenon all too familiar to those who've had MS, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus, and a myriad of other ailments in decades past. John Falk: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome And Psychotherapy
The whole situation had been blamed on me, so for the whole day I was getting dirty looks from the general student body.
Therefore, while we are not always to blame for their behavior, we are correct to feel responsible.
The company, which has been based in Barlby Road, Selby, for almost 80 years, blames lack of demand for oilseed and a fiercely competitive market.
No one can blame Scots for wanting to wrest some control over their lives back from London. THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World
Still, there is plenty of blame on both sides of the Atlantic for this display of mutual antipathy.
The government too had to be blamed as a portion of the lake was allotted for sale.
In the same way, we cannot say which of the heatwaves were man-made and which were natural, but we can apportion blame for the change in risk.
Police blame the incident on what they call careless zookeepers. CNN Transcript Apr 21, 2005
You can't shelter your brother from blame in the accident.
He had the feeling that years of composure and blamelessness were thrown out.
In the language of psychology, they externalize blame.
The discovery of a host of rare and exotic mushrooms spreading across the nation will be blamed on a new habitat created by gardeners' wood chippings, at a meeting of ecologists in the new year.
He knew that he was not responsible they were just innocent bystanders, he had done nothing wrong, what blame there was rested with other people.
The real blame for the continuation in office of the increasingly megalomaniacal Maire lies with the Liberals.
You can't fix the blame on me. I can prove I was somewhere else.
Well, Octavia, when they blame U.S., are they suggesting some sort of diabolical plot?
The charity blamed the increase on the growing popularity of package holidays and excessive use of sunbeds. Times, Sunday Times
Nixon blamed the "overzealousness" of a Highway Patrol unit and revealed that no one in his administration had reviewed the report before it was distributed to police statewide. PolicyBeta
They revel in every perceived injustice, and are desperate to have someone to blame.
The home fans can blame the ref all they like but they have to look at their backline - or lack of it. The Sun
And although Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton yesterday blamed regulatory issues for the collapse of the deal, insiders have suggested that further improvements in the economic climate - and in Rio's financial position - since the scheme was proposed left Rio management feeling the terms unduly favoured BHP. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
Mr Baker blames the polio for his appetite for tough challenges.
Who would blame them for resisting engagement in this project?
These loans were considered partially to blame for the credit crunch. Times, Sunday Times
She empowered him to tell them, that whatever blame she might throw on Mary's conduct, any opposition to their sovereign was totally unjustifiable, and incompatible with all order and good government: that it belonged not to them to reform, much less to punish, the maleadministration of their prince; and the only arms which subjects could in any case lawfully employ against the supreme authority, were entreaties, counsels, and representations: that if these expedients failed, they were next to appeal by their prayers to The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I.
The criminal law normally reflects culpability and blameworthiness for moral wrong in a general sense.
By contrast a search at 900 different locations failed to find any problems similar to the loose sets of nuts thought to be to blame for the Potters Bar crash.
We can hardly blame them if so. Times, Sunday Times
But we hear budget constraints and disappointing viewing figures have been blamed for the decision not to recommission the series. The Sun
It's not easy to apportion blame when a marriage breaks up.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: OPEC blames 'mismanaged' U.S. economy for soaring oil prices - IHT OpEdNews - Quicklink: OPEC blames 'mismanaged' U.S. economy for soaring oil prices -IHT
Scott put the blame for the early miscues on not picking up on the ice, which she called the trickiest of any Scotties in which she's played. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
Advertising has also been blamed for maintenance of a contentious concept that long-haired, fair-skinned women with aquiline noses have the monopoly on attractiveness.
But this attempt to blame the victim ignores the fact that the principle reason men womanize is to shore up their broken egos. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Where Have All The Gentleman Gone?
Conflict has simplistically been blamed on stock-thieves, but police have also been accused of taking sies, and Mhlaba has alleged organised crime and politics also fueled the conflict. ANC Daily News Briefing
Poor sentiment towards the technology sector was also blamed for the lacklustre performance.
He believes vegetarianism, veganism and more recently flexitarianism could also be to blame. Times, Sunday Times
If you 'roger' voted for labour then you are in some way to blame for the mess we are in. MoneyWeek RSS - All
The store blamed a computer glitch. The Sun
He does not have to shoulder all the blame if trainees do not learn. Training with N.L.P.
Walker blames the shortfall squarely on the failure of ministers to ensure that the new policies were properly costed.
I don't blame the absent landlady either, obviously, because that would be irrational in the extreme.
He blamed his parents. Mostly he blamed his dad.
He tried to pin the blame for the murder on another victim. The Sun
She rejected the insinuation that she was partly to blame.
To try to blame the difficulty away in this manner is a transparently empty dodge. Behe: ID rescues Common Descent
While he blamed the press for his bad publicity, he was his own worst enemy. Times, Sunday Times
Part of the blame must lie with social services.
Campaigners say foreign fishermen who use two trawlers to tow a giant net are to blame and want the method banned. The Sun
We shouldn't blame, laugh at and envy anyone. We should be colorful in the sunshine, run in the winds and rains, dream your own dreams and go your own way.
I blamed the lack of flowering and the anemic show of leaves on poor soil.
Well, it is dark, and there is a screen as tall as a building playing soft-core porn… can you blame them?
In all the other cases, we blame the way we set up the goal (oh, drat, I told others ... or, oh, drat, I didn't tell enough of others). Achieve Your Goals By Keeping Them Quiet | Lifehacker Australia
(Earlier this month, McCain blamed the high prices on Washington politicians.) The False Messiah Argument - Swampland - TIME.com
Responsibility involves accepting blame for collective failure as well as credit for success. Times, Sunday Times
Too often the unemployed blamed themselves rather than society for what they saw as their failures, for the shifts and stratagems by which they were forced to survive.
After news of this new court case Ford broke down again, though he blamed the breakdown on his work.
Those unwilling to concede that the corruption is pervasive generally blame rogue buccaneers at a handful of companies.
The mishap with the bus did not help but it cannot be blamed totally for this dismal performance.
An investigation exonerated the school from any blame.
I know that a lot of people in Yorkshire will always blame Nottinghamshire for the outcome but the man who smashed the greatest union this country has ever seen was Arthur Scargill.
The father of another said he did not blame the university, which is expanding its counselling service. Times, Sunday Times
People who lose things blame other people who move things. Times, Sunday Times
This statement should not be taken to imply that the government is exonerated of all blame.
Yet she blames her education for the glaring gaps in her knowledge. The Sun
Operations intended to be plausibly deniable usually end up as neither, and the Agency gets blamed for the unintended consequences.
Once again the government is abdicating its responsibility and laying the blame elsewhere.
He faded into insensibility, and passed from his blameless life on 12 February 1804, unaccompanied by his former intellectual powers.
Former it is blame of larcenous finance organization , weigh more than general larceny measurement of penalty.
Due to the lack of witnesses, it is difficult to apportion the blame for the accident right now.
It looks as if the blame has been fastened on an innocent person.
THE next time you suffer toothache or throbbing back pain, blame it on evolution. The Sun
They may blame the diverse students or even parents for these disparities and variations.
Saval's defence was mainly to blame for this defeat after conceding three soft goals.
Murwanashyaka said he suspected local Congo militias, known as the Rasta, were to blame for the massacre. ANC Daily News Briefing
Is it your belief that Microsoft purposefully created software that allowed for the ease with which spyware is deployed or that it did so quite by accident (nonetheless bearing the blame for the proliferation this plague)? Spyware defined
If any English smuggler found himself roughly handled as a result, he had only himself to blame. THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World
In many ways it besot him like orphic sound to a musician, or the tenebrisms of artists (Carvaggios like himself); but nonetheless he continued to project blame at the bearded anathema beneath him, and he still glanced down periodically at the floor hoping to find the putative agents of the odor, evidence to bolster his bilious conclusions, being in full denial of himself. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais
The trade unions are pinning the blame for the violence on the government.
Local teenagers blamed the disturbances on boredom, and what they see as a total lack of things for them to do in the area.
Better be blamed by our kith and kin, than be kissed by the enemy.
And ixnay on Yet Another Xenophobia aimed at particular trading partners, falsely blamed for our economic woes. William Easterly: The Coffee Party Manifesto
I think there is a similarity to the attitude of many abused children who blame themselves for the abusive actions of their parents.
And since traditional Christianity so obviously renounces this false freedom and stands against it, the opportunity to blame Tiller's death on all Christians who oppose abortion is simply too good to pass up for those who are committed to not only holding tightly to that freedom, but to expanding it ad extremum. Pope John Paul II
But it would be wrong to blame everything on the scribes, those unreflective, unthinking mouthpieces of the status quo whose job it is to anaesthetize the public. Archive 2007-10-01
Declines in seabird populations (kittiwakes, boobies, cormorants, pelicans) have also been blamed on depletion of the fish stocks that they feed on.

How To Use Blame In A Sentence

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