How to Use ascribe in a Sentence

ascribe

verb
Definition of ascribenext
Synonyms for ascribenext
  • Such a view ascribes thought that’s hard to find behind all the hatred.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Some of this is due to our need to ascribe names to new and different creatures.
    — Bob Humphrey, Outdoor Life, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Too many of us ascribe the worst motives to anyone who does not agree with 100% of our beliefs.
    — Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Kathy said, ascribing his mood to not being able to play video games.
    — Washington Post, 2 June 2017
  • Those castoff receivers—they, too, want to rethink labels, like the ones ascribed to this city for so long.
    — Ben Baskin, SI.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • So is Bruce the latest celebrity to ascribe to the yeehaw agenda?
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 26 Apr. 2019
  • The stumbles of the Texans aren't hard to track, or ascribe reasons behind.
    — Aaron Wilson, Houston Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Could the phenomenon be ascribed to changes in the moon’s orbit?
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 14 June 2018
  • People too easily ascribe a mind like their own to all sorts of things, from pets to pet rocks.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 June 2022
  • People ascribed the value of their effort to the trinket.
    — Jeff Stibel, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2018
  • When so much meaning is ascribed to a piece of clothing, the prospect of looking for a wedding dress can seem daunting.
    — Helin Jung, Cosmopolitan, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Along the way to the back half of the conference finals, Paul has exorcised the demons that were arguably largely ascribed to him.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 24 May 2018
  • That’s a lot of weight to ascribe to a narrow victory over a winless Atlanta team in Week Two.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 20 Sep. 2020
  • Again, this is ascribed to the quality of data being used.
    — Adrian Swinscoe, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The shorter longevity ascribed to NFL running backs is probably over-used as the reason not to take them high in the draft.
    — Bud Shaw, cleveland.com, 1 May 2018
  • Can meaning be ascribed to the random meetings of kindred souls?
    — Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Fast forward about 400 years, and people had started to ascribe meaning to the tarot card symbols.
    — Norcal Marketing, Chron, 28 Jan. 2021
  • As to what Downey is ascribing to his native land, Murphy can do nothing but laugh.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Played by David Berry, Grey will apparently live up to the fair, handsome features ascribed to him in the series.
    — Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping, 28 Aug. 2017
  • American newspapers of the 1930s ascribed the rule to Maurice Chevalier, or, more vaguely, to the French.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 2 May 2024
  • What doesn’t help is to assume the worst, to ascribe motives to him without giving him room to say otherwise.
    — Carolyn Hax, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2017
  • Some might ascribe other meanings, but the words also offer a burning anthem for a day at the track.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2024
  • But the outlook is far from being as gloomy as the market is ascribing to these companies.
    — Thomas Heath, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
  • But that should not mislead us into thinking that most students simply ascribe to the mob’s views.
    — Sahil Handa, National Review, 4 July 2019
  • The average consumer might ascribe the declining price to a variant of Moore’s law.
    — Ashwin Rodrigues, Fortune, 21 July 2019
  • Hezbollah ascribes to the Shia branch like Iran, so has longer-running ties to the Islamic Republic.
    — James Hookway, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Investors need to be mindful of hindsight bias — the tendency to ascribe signs of trouble after the fact.
    — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2018
  • They are embedded in the day-to-day work, ascribe to the company culture and understand the status quo.
    — Erik Huberman, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Lawyers from both sides are loath to ascribe partisan motives to sitting judges.
    — Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2020
  • For their part, Republicans ascribed a long list of ills to Biden and his vice president: crime, unchecked immigration, declining educational standards.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024

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