Used in a Sentence

accusations

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for accusations.

Editorial note

Simple, arrest and charge the girl for making false accusations, with a minimum of 20 years in prison.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The act of accusing.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of accusations gathered in one view.

noun

The act of accusing.

noun

An allegation.

noun

(law) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for accusations.

noun

The act of accusing.

noun

An allegation.

noun

(law) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.

Example sentences

1

Simple, arrest and charge the girl for making false accusations, with a minimum of 20 years in prison.

2

If you're going to make accusations like this, at least have the stomach to put your name behind it.

3

Of course responding to these accusations takes extraordinary amounts of time -- which is the point.

4

Where is the point in erecting this building of accusations if the foundations aren't sound?

5

Are you going to make baseless accusations or are you going to cite an example we can debate?

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Mostly reasonable comments with a couple of sort of unfounded accusations of trolling.

7

They never own up to their own wrong doing, make very strong accusations....

8

But Google's smaller-scale bans and reorderings, always for ostensibly legitimate purposes, have sometimes caused accusations about Google's real goals by the webmasters affected.

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HN users aren't allowed to make baseless accusations of abuse against other commenters.

10

Have any of them made any statements that support your accusations that they lied, or are you just making up those accusations yourself, or parroting someone else's accusations that Brendan Eich and the Mozilla board are liars?

11

Making wrong and evasive arguments is bad, but destroying civil discourse (which such accusations do) is, to use a good military-industrial phrase, an existential threat.

12

Your accusations that it's racist or discrimination is just not correct.

Quote examples

1

In contrast, all accusations on treason for the unconstitutional passing of information to the NSA have been dropped so far for "lack of evidence".

2

In particular the accusations of racism regarding her peer bonuses, telling the "known racist" to "fuck off", etc.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use accusations in a sentence?

Simple, arrest and charge the girl for making false accusations, with a minimum of 20 years in prison.

What does accusations mean?

The act of accusing.

What part of speech is accusations?

accusations is commonly used as noun.