Sample Sentences for
allege
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    We squandered our first nickels on the House of Horrors, which scared us not at all; we entered the black seventh-grade room and were led around by the temporary ghoul in residence and were made to touch several objects alleged to be component parts of a human being.  (source)
    alleged = claimed (but not proven)
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    the Board would like to go through your testimony concerning your alleged meeting with Carrie White in The Cavalier parking lot  (source)
    alleged = claimed (asserted without proof)
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    Look, there was one alleged eyewitness to this killing.  (source)
    alleged = claimed (but so far, not proven to be true)
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    This dispatch so alleged.  (source)
    alleged = said
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    No, no. The niece is insulted or assaulted—allegedly.†  (source)
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    Corrections Corporation of America has denied allegations that the children in its custody were not adequately fed;  (source)
    allegations = claims (things said, and in need of being proven or disproven)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
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    He's filed half a dozen lawsuits alleging that we were at fault somehow.  (source)
    alleging = asserting (saying), but not proving
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    For reasons previously suggested it would not perhaps be easy at the present day directly to prove or disprove the allegation.  (source)
    allegation = something asserted (said), but not proven
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    Indeed, certain of the most authentic historians of those parts ... allege that ... the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head,  (source)
    allege = claim (say without proof)
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    The diary alleges abuse and your fears that Nick didn't want the baby, that he might want to kill you.†  (source)
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    CREON Therein thou judgest rightly, but this wrong That thou allegest—tell me what it is.†  (source)
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-st" is dropped, so that where they said "Thou lovest" in older English, today we say "You love."
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    Full of alleged Truth Drug.  (source)
    alleged = claimed (said, but not proven)
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    Allegedly, it could get almost opaque in the autumn months.†  (source)
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