accuse
verb (used with object)
to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually followed byof ).
accuses
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present tense formof accuse (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The complaint also accuses Peters of injecting Mendoza “multiple times” with a “fat-dissolving” drug during a November livestream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The September 3 letter from attorney Alex Spiro, addressed to a producer at Alex Gibney's Jigsaw Productions, accuses the Oscar-winning documentarian of building "Musk" around a predetermined conclusion.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Apple’s suit, filed in the Northern District of California, accuses OpenAI’s chief hardware officer, Tang Tan, and Chang Liu, a member of its technical staff, of taking Apple’s confidential information by various means.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The complaint accuses Amazon of secretly charging advertisers more in so-called "second price" auctions, whereby prospective advertisers expect to pay one cent more than the next highest bidder for each bid they win.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
But then the king falsely accuses his wife of betraying him.
From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick
