Example sentences for: culprits

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

  • I have not taken the trouble to research the accuracy of the information given in these books, but I did note that grody (to the max) , which is not in Neologisms , is described in the ODNW as “US teenagers' slang”; while that might be technically correct, I have evidence that leads me to believe that it originated in the slang of Hawaiian teenagers, and while no American would dispute the nationality of Hawaiians, responsibility should be laid at the door of the real culprits.

  • , DeWayne Wickham of USA Today ) praised Texaco's chairman for acting quickly, called the boycott of independent Texaco gas stations misguided, and argued that the crusade against corporate racism should move on to more egregious culprits, such as Avis and Circuit City.

  • Gloomy conservative pundits, eager to finger culprits, accused congressional Republicans of having provoked needless hostility.

  • I cringe when I hear someone refer to "the Salt Lake City scandal," because, while the people from SLC weren't right, the real culprits were the IOC members with their hands out, palms up.

  • The ostensible reason for this racial "profiling" is that New Jersey highways are a conduit for drugs and that the troopers think blacks and Hispanics are more likely to be culprits.


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