not blame
idiom
—used to indicate that someone seems to have a good reason for doing something
After the way he treated you, I wouldn't blame you if you never spoke to him again.
You can hardly blame her for being angry.
Examples of not blame in a Sentence
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However, Stevens did not blame any of those factors as the sole cause of the deadly crash.
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Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
In a video shared on the Facebook page, David Medina told a Univision 34 Atlanta reporter that his family does not blame the boy whose baseball bat hit his son.
—Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2023
Btw, attacking and singling out one side or the other, however justified, not helpful, at all, serving only to rile up the other side, the opposite of diplomacy, which seeks to heal and solve, not blame and condemn.
—Meg Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
In a statement posted to Facebook announcing the cancellation, Anthony did not blame the venue.
—Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
The story did not blame the drownings on the buoys, though migrant advocates have drawn that link.
—Aarón Torres, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
Americans, do not blame us, blame your government for thinking about intervening in Sudanese internal affairs.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 19 June 2023
The states did not blame anyone in particular for the hack but federal officials have attributed a broader hacking campaign using the same software vulnerability to a Russian ransomware gang that calls itself Clop.
—Jennifer Korn, CNN, 16 June 2023
Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
In a video shared on the Facebook page, David Medina told a Univision 34 Atlanta reporter that his family does not blame the boy whose baseball bat hit his son.
—Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2023
Btw, attacking and singling out one side or the other, however justified, not helpful, at all, serving only to rile up the other side, the opposite of diplomacy, which seeks to heal and solve, not blame and condemn.
—Meg Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
In a statement posted to Facebook announcing the cancellation, Anthony did not blame the venue.
—Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
The story did not blame the drownings on the buoys, though migrant advocates have drawn that link.
—Aarón Torres, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
Americans, do not blame us, blame your government for thinking about intervening in Sudanese internal affairs.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 19 June 2023
The states did not blame anyone in particular for the hack but federal officials have attributed a broader hacking campaign using the same software vulnerability to a Russian ransomware gang that calls itself Clop.
—Jennifer Korn, CNN, 16 June 2023
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“Not blame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20blame. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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