Sentence examples for first blame from inspiring English sources

In struggling to fathom how this epidemic swept into Utah's middle-class homes, a far cry from the popular image of drug users as down-and-outs, families grappling with the crisis first blame pharmaceutical companies and then doctors.

Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon, said, "It still looks to me like your reaction is going to be to first blame the consumer, rather than to initiate an effort to examine whether product shortcomings are part of this as well".

I'd first blame the music industry.

I find that people, in general, are more apt to first blame the victim before confronting the rapist.

First, blame the economy: Goodell writes: "Economic conditions... have changed dramatically inside and outside the NFL since 2006 when we negotiated the last CBA.

The company first blamed unspecified difficulties in obtaining the ingredients.

Then, when the inevitable occurred, BP at first blamed it on "operator error".

The police at first blamed the murder on a land dispute.

When Syria's Internet service disappeared Thursday, government officials first blamed rebel attacks.

German health authorities first blamed imported cucumbers and other produce from Spain.

I finally realized what I was doing, but at first blamed it on the car.