Example Sentences

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Privately, bankers on each side were blaming the other for needlessly slowing down the negotiations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

"I had a very clearly physical illness. And I felt that they were blaming my negative thought processes for why I was ill."

From BBC • May 21, 2024

Baumgardt said slightly more callers were blaming Counsell because he’d chosen a division rival.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2023

"Before you know it, they were blaming Hart for the death of these dogs and strange things that were happening," Pratt continued.

From Salon • May 26, 2022

“Why, we sounded as though we were blaming you and we didn’t mean to. Or maybe we did mean to. And we’re sorry.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck