accuse
verb (used with object)
to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually followed byof ).
accusingly
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a word derived from
accuse.
Example Sentences
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And he looks at her accusingly, jaw tense, when he reminds her about his unanswered messages.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2023
“Hair” is often said, somewhat accusingly, to be stuck in the 1960s.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2020
When the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, raises their case with his US counterpart, Mike Pompeo, again this week, it would be nice to think his American counterpart couldn’t point accusingly at the prince in return.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2020
Across the junk-strewn floor, on another workbench, a rusting robot skull stared at her accusingly out of vacant eye sockets.
From Nature ● Dec. 31, 2019
“You told us to go with them,” Yossarian retorted accusingly.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
