How to Use culpability in a Sentence

culpability

noun

• Twenty-nine people, mostly teenagers, were crushed on top of the nine young people who died. Combs, thrown into his first scandal at 22 years old, denied culpability for the stampede.
  — Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
• If there's culpability, that person should be held liable for his or her acts.
  — CBS News, 4 Dec. 2022
• Is there a kind of public culpability that ought to be acknowledged?
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
• So the question of Carol’s culpability and guilt is an open question for the show.
  — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
• Still, the political fights over a broader culpability will likely rage on in the days to come.
  — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 31 Jan. 2025
• In our view, there is zero debate about their outsized portion of culpability.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2024
• Caspar did not agree, at least not entirely, that the woman was without blame or culpability.
  — Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
• When Erin shows up to say goodbye to her father, Cal is forced to confront his own culpability.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 21 Sep. 2021
• The chain of events that led to this moment is contested, with those involved denying culpability.
  — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 3 June 2026
• The culpability of Jayne is still being weighed in the courts, unlike Shah who has pleaded out.
  — Vulture, 23 Nov. 2022
• The attacker bears all of the culpability; the defender, none of it.
  — Oded J K Faran, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
• There are a number of reasons that white sheets go yellow, but most of the culpability rests with you—literally!
  — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2022
• Those questions of the intent and access are key to assessing their culpability.
  — Jessica Kegu, CBS News, 19 July 2024
• The spokesperson denied that these grants and resources were intended to shield the city from legal culpability.
  — Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Jan. 2023
• There are signs of progress, particularly in the past year and a half, as networks and producers have faced their own culpability.
  — Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2021
• What’s different about this new cinematic crop of dads is their culpability.
  — Susie Goldsbrough, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2025
• The courts have frowned on such efforts, although some institutions have made an effort to redress their own culpability.
  — Bruce Bartlett, The New Republic, 26 Feb. 2021
• The stark reality of all those graves raised many questions for him about military violence and the moral culpability of those who fought.
  — Malcolm Hillgartner Tanya Pérez Lance Neal, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
• But the gulf between public opinion and civil culpability is vast, attorneys for the platforms say.
  — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
• The Michigan verdict, if upheld on appeal, could mark an important shift in how parental culpability is viewed.
  — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Feb. 2024
• Lukáš Dostál surrendered six goals on 29 shots, with culpability to spread around between him and his defense.
  — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
• Gascon said there was never any question that the brothers carried out the murders but to what degree of culpability should they be held accountable.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2024
• By the final episode, Jamie's decision to change his plea to guilty forces his family to confront his culpability and their role in shaping him.
  — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
• The report, now available in book form from several publishers, is an attempt to assess the culpability of those in power.
  — Joe Klein, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2023
• Smyth was the original person who tipped the police off about Lyle and Erik's culpability in the murder of their parents.
  — Samantha Stutsman, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
• Stultz said law enforcement and prosecutors believe the driver has the same culpability as the shooter.
  — Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 20 Nov. 2023
• Naming an interstate war based on the state in which the war is fought – while omitting the name of outside instigators – implies the culpability of that state.
  — Esther Brito Ruiz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
• Partly to avoid culpability at home and abroad, Jefferson pressed charges against Ogden and Smith.
  — Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, The Conversation, 13 July 2026
• While both sides are poised to argue the intent and culpability of the May 2 shooting at future court dates, what isn’t up for debate is what happened next.
  — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
• But Carol’s culpability is for people to decide.
  — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025