blameworthy

Example Sentences

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Ideally, the blameworthy baddie would be someone who can cast these politicians’ own party as the hero.

From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2022

But to be fair, China's not quite as blameworthy as it seems.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2021

An apology, according to the Canadian sociologist Erving Goffman, is "a splitting of the self into a blameworthy part and a part that stands back and sympathizes with the blame giving."

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2021

The script I have for you, I’m afraid, will help you accept zero amount of blame, because you have done nothing blameworthy.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2018

Owen, I am blameworthy, and I ask forgiveness of God and this Church, and I desire to be at peace with my brother and ask your prayers to God for me.

From Some Phases of Sexual Morality and Church Discipline in Colonial New England by Adams, Charles Francis