Example sentences for: blamed

How can you use “blamed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 7. "The Wall Street Journal said that traders blamed Tuesday's stock-market volatility on 'a change in the composition of the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, shock at the soaring price of gold, rumors that some investment partnerships were madly selling stocks to cover losing bets against gold, end-of-month portfolio changes, anxiety over interest rates and worries about possible market troubles as the year 2000 approaches.'

  • As Slate 's "Pundit Central" points out, the consensus view of the commentariat is that President Clinton is to be blamed for selling burial rights at Arlington Cemetery to campaign contributors--even though it turns out he never did it--because it's just the sort of thing he might have done.

  • 1. "Hasbro announced it was cutting 20 percent of its workforce and taking a restructuring charge of $97 million, even though it owns the U.S. license for Pokémon trading cards . Analysts blamed sluggish sales of Star Wars merchandise.

  • The suits blamed the implants for numerous diseases.

  • Yugoslavia blamed NATO.


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