How to Use to blame in a Sentence

to blame

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  • In midlife, memory slips can be easy to blame on stress, poor sleep or menopause.
    — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 27 July 2026
  • Is there one big reason to blame or are there a lot of little ones to blame here?
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 30 July 2026
  • But nature alone is not to blame for disasters of this scale.
    — Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2026
  • So who, or what, is really to blame for the lack of business?
    — Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
  • Fatigue, mood changes and changes in weight can be especially easy to blame on menopause.
    — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 29 July 2026
  • If multiple ash trees in a small area are showing these signs of stress, borers may be to blame.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Heavy skincare products are sometimes to blame, so your routine might need a re-think, too.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 18 Aug. 2026
  • If dry weather is to blame, peonies may flower better with a bit of water.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 31 July 2026
  • No one will ever be able to blame their children for jumping industry lines.
    — Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 2026
  • If your yard feels more unruly than relaxing, one of these common culprits may be to blame.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 2 July 2026
  • And no, this doesn’t mean technology is to blame for the myopic crisis.
    — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 18 Aug. 2026
  • This choice has left fans debating who or what is to blame if the movie is bad, or is not getting a big, splashy release.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The result is sweaty humans ready to blame something, anything—even corn that’s just doing its thing.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 14 July 2026
  • To put an end to the complaints that the previous manager was to blame for holding the team back.
    — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • Sod webworms are usually to blame and can be spotted close to the soil during daytime and on the leaf blades at night.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2026
  • Someone drinks wine, moves to beer, adds tequila at the end of the night and wakes up prepared to blame the final spirit poured.
    — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • He is obsessed with his loss to Biden and wants to blame it on foreign manipulation.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • Prosecutors and investigators have not yet said whether the car was at all to blame.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 16 July 2026
  • If your petunias looked stunning at first, but are starting to lag a bit, a lack of nutrients is probably to blame.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2026
  • But neither starter nor catcher were willing to blame the heat wave for their second consecutive loss.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 1 July 2026
  • Allison Andrews came out to see the whole street blocked by the tree, and wondered if a lightning strike may have been to blame.
    — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • And while technique matters (dry shaving is a big no-no), your post-shower routine could also be partly to blame.
    — Emma-Jade Stoddart, Glamour, 5 July 2026
  • With these questions swirling, many are now looking around for someone to blame — and are not coming up with any obvious answers.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 10 July 2026
  • While sometimes an injury is to blame, often a pair of inadequate shoes is the real culprit.
    — Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026
  • Faulty columns supporting too much weight were to blame for the building’s structural damage, said Berman.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
  • Bulwer’s work records gossip from the workhouse, disgust about her living conditions and who there was to blame.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Many of those recent graduates think AI is to blame for their employment struggles.
    — Lee V. Gaines, NPR, 18 Aug. 2026
  • And there are multiple front-office administrations to blame for that.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 7 July 2026
  • There are other parents who say Team Louisiana parents are to blame.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
  • And, as with seemingly every modern problem, one suspects social media is at least partly to blame here.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026

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