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Example sentences for: culprit

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

Although FDR is not mentioned by name in her pieces, it's evident that he is the main culprit.
One's outrage over some disastrous contretemps is alleviated somewhat by the culprit's risible attempts to explain away the circumstances of his crime in pidgin.
The culprit, fearing unmasking by classmates, stepped forward and paid $1,755 to the sheriff who investigated the incident.
We would say, for example, that gone in He has gone is a past participle but an adjective in He is gone (if only because English does not use the verb to be as an auxiliary, the way French does); alleged in it was alleged is clearly a past participle, but in the alleged culprit it is an adjective.
Analysts suspect the culprit may be somebody offended by Al Hayat 's eclectic articles and editorials--which is to say, just about anyone.