an accusatory tone
accusatory look
accusatory remarks
accusatory attitude
he pointed an accusatory finger in her direction.
adjudications, rulemaking proceedings are generally not accusatory;
Finally, the APA recognizes that the risk of unfairness is likely to be small when the proceedings do not have an accusatory or adversary tenor.
Her accusatory tone made him feel defensive.
He shot her an accusatory look.
The accusatory glares from the boss made the employees nervous.
She couldn't stand his accusatory remarks.
The accusatory letter accused him of wrongdoing.
His accusatory attitude alienated his friends.
The accusatory tone in her voice was unmistakable.
The accusatory stares of the audience made him nervous.
She couldn't help but feel accusatory towards him.
The accusatory nature of the conversation made it uncomfortable.
Why am I hearing an accusatory tone?
He means it in a nonthreatening, offhanded way, but habit wins and it comes out accusatory.
Harry did not know whether he was imagining it or not, but he fancied there was something accusatory in their looks.
Now that you're speaking to me in a fairly accusatory tone, may I remind you that I was doing you a favor?
“Did YOU know that she crashed the car? ” questions in a sort of accusatory way as to whether the other person knew.
" Have you always supported them, or just since they started winning the league? " said Ron, in what Harry considered an unnecessarily accusatory tone of voice.
Saying 'I feel hurt that you spend less time with me' is less accusatory than 'You never spend time with me! ' and is focused more clearly on the impact.
And if you answer the way you're feeling when somebody gets in your face and shouts at you in an accusatory way, you say, well, you son of a gun.
Employed mothers and fathers both struggle with multiple responsibilities, but mothers also have to endure the rude questions and accusatory looks that remind us that we're shortchanging both our jobs and our children.
Sitting at the head of the table, drinking a chicken broth that landed in her stomach like an elixir of resurrection, Meme then saw Fernanda and Amaranta wrapped in an accusatory halo of reality.
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