He ascribes his poverty to bad luck.

The police ascribed the automobile accident to reckless driving.

He ascribed his success to hard work.

His failure is not to be ascribed to want of diligence.

Margaret Mead ascribes to the Balinese she studied an inability to follow complex directions. I ask, "What of her ability to express complex directions in Balinese?"

She ascribed her failure to bad luck.

We ascribe his success to hard work.

Postmodernism is often criticized in American education, because it aligns with the rise in large-scale public housing projects that failed. Postmodernism is ascribed to the failure of the once popular idea that "societies can advance to become utopias."

He ascribes his failure to bad luck.

They ascribed the accident to the bad weather.