How to Use liable in a Sentence

liable

adjective
Definition of liablenext
Synonyms for liablenext
  • If someone gets hurt on your property, you could be liable.
  • Rodriguez found the Air Force was 60 percent liable for the shooting, and placed the rest of the blame on the shooter.
    — Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 2 May 2023
  • The 50-year-old actress was found not liable in the lawsuit on Thursday.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2023
  • So sue me: Who should be held liable when AI makes mistakes ...
    — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Days before the trial began, the judge in the case found the defendants liable for fraud.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The intrepid flee to Dublin; those who stay are liable to dredge up an income selling meth.
    — Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024
  • TikTok and the app stores would have been held liable for the violations — not the Montanans using the app.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The case turns on when a parent company is liable for the actions of its subsidiary.
    — Byjeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 11 Aug. 2023
  • If Nigeria backed out at any point before the full 20-year term of the contract, it could be held liable for damages.
    — Jesse Barron, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • He was later found liable for defamation and ordered to pay over $1 billion for spreading the hoax.
    — Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The three contractors spent a year arguing over who should be held liable.
    — Hannah Dreier, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Robinson was not found liable for any of the accusations in De Niro's lawsuit against her.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • An elegant hand — all ones and nines (akin to the aces and kings in a deck of cards), a flush of chi, a pong of every wind — is liable to bankrupt one’s opponents.
    — Rudy Lee, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The events of the last two years show that Catholics in 2024 are liable to become victims of violence because of their religion.
    — Tommy Valentine, National Review, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The jury did not find the former president liable for rape, but rather for abuse that injured Carroll.
    — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
  • An American court later found the Marcoses liable for the murders.
    — Ryan Lucas, NPR, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Bottega Veneta’s Chain Pouch, with its chunky gold handle liable to remove a layer of skin if left to bake too long in the sun.
    — Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2023
  • But a judge disagreed, ruling in February that the city was, in fact, liable for Vicknair’s actions.
    — Carolyn Van Houten, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • In fact, fit is more important for slides than for many other types of shoes simply because a pair that isn’t snug enough is liable to slip right off.
    — Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The government could hold oil and gas producers liable.
    — Byscience News Staff, science.org, 11 May 2023
  • Eight of those suits have run their course; none have resulted in court rulings holding anyone liable.
    — Isabelle Taft, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023
  • There was a worry the museum might be held liable if someone tripped on the installation.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The jury’s decision to hold PacifiCorp liable for the fires applies to thousands of other victims who are members of a class in the case.
    — Tsicking, oregonlive, 16 June 2023
  • The game's narrative is liable to evoke some feelings, and contains at least one extremely dad joke.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 26 Apr. 2023
  • In September 2023, a state judge found Trump and his company liable for a decade-long fraud scheme in a pretrial ruling.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The testimony is the first that speaks to a potential damage award if the jury finds Trump liable for defamation or battery.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 4 May 2023
  • If a fire rekindles or escapes, the person who set it is liable for any damage caused, as well as for wildfire suppression costs.
    — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The same jury concluded Trump was not liable for rape, but Carroll still won the trial and was awarded $5 million in damages.
    — Erik Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
  • According to Experian, if a child decides to go on a spending spree, the parent will be held liable for paying off the charges.
    — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The settlement comes just over two months after a civil trial ended in a hung jury, with eight of the 12 jurors voting to hold the city liable — one vote short of the nine required.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2023

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