a bad workman blames his tools

Examples of blaming

blaming

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The member state concerned cannot evade its responsibility by blaming private actors or sub-national public authorities.
Are we "blaming" brain chemistry for mental illness?
The author of the ransom note blaming park workers for the theft was never found and is beside the point.
To some, this may sound like the equivalent of blaming one's misdeeds on a heretofore unknown evil twin.
Is that what they mean about blaming systems of care?
While strong on blaming the system, this argument completely ignores what the client/service user brings to the equation.
Contemporary reviewers could dismiss the class implications of the conclusions of both these novels by blaming the heroines for selling themselves.
Because both types of objectives are legitimate goals of sociolinguistics, blaming an apple for not being an orange seems rather pointless.
Nothing in this approach would prohibit blaming and punishing innocent people if doing so would maximize the good.
Certainly there is a danger of blaming the victim-the patient for her values, the doctor for her patients.
He began tactfully by reviewing the past and blaming some previous problems on the underfunding of the inter-war years.
In appraising findings from this research, we believe also that it is critical to guard against blaming suburban parents for problems documented among their children.
They were unequivocal in blaming this upon the spread of night trawling.
Teetotalling revivalists called beery men to account, blaming household disorder on their indolence.
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