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It is hard to resist the conclusion that Garner, in full maternal mode, is arraigning him for not being more of a man.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 4, 2016

Now this is arraigning the "All-wise" before the tribunal of his subjects to answer for the mistakes in his government.

From Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

"A very royal and imperial dream," said Babbalanja—"he is arraigning me before high heaven;—ay, ay; in dreams, at least, he deems himself a demi-god."

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman