How to Use liability in a Sentence

liability

noun
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  • The company is trying to limit its liability in this case.
  • The provider of the technology has to share some of the liability with clients.
    — Byjohn Kell, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The longer a blade, the more its weight becomes a liability.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 13 Nov. 2018
  • And this only works if the debt is the liability of only one of the spouses.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2020
  • O’Bryant won’t be a big liability Cody Zeller will again be out with a knee bruise.
    — Rick Bonnell, charlotteobserver, 22 Oct. 2017
  • Through two games, the defense that was thought to be a strength may be the Colts' biggest liability.
    — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Add up all of your assets and liabilities, Myeroff said, but don’t count the value of your home or the amount owed on the home yet.
    — cleveland, 9 Feb. 2020
  • This can make the dog feel in danger and put the business at liability.
    — Bryce Airgood, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2018
  • Now, the profession as a whole needs to work out how to deal with this new liability.
    — James Vincent, The Verge, 13 June 2023
  • Their liabilities continue to rise as well, up 11.4% in the first half of this year.
    — Anjani Trivedi, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2017
  • The seller must obtain a release of liability from the lender to avoid remaining on the hook for the loan.
    — Ben Eisen, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2022
  • The back line were far from convincing from first minute to last and once again proved a liability for the Gunners.
    — SI.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Zeitler had a strong season, maybe the best among any of the starters, but Villanueva was a liability.
    — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The fast fashion brands are lobbying hard to take the brand liability piece out of this.
    — Julia Gall, Marie Claire, 12 Sep. 2021
  • The platforms are able to track their own data and manage the liability risks.
    — WSJ, 4 Jan. 2021
  • True freshman Bo Nix was a liability in the first half.
    — oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2019
  • That could lead to a potential liability of about $500 million to the state in cleanup costs.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Due to his past, his siblings look at him more as a liability.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 26 Feb. 2019
  • But the press conferences have since come to be seen as a liability.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 30 Apr. 2020
  • Soon, their bottom line failed to keep pace with their debt liabilities, and their pile of debt began to grow.
    — Dr Bs Ajaikumar, Quartz India, 18 Feb. 2020
  • Always use a payment provider like Stripe that will take the liability away from you.
    — Expert Panel, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
  • That would have made for much less of a mess today, and much less civil liability.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 12 July 2023
  • The donor’s payment of the income tax liability is not considered a gift and allows the trust to grow free of income tax.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Three games in, Parsons is among the top reasons why the defense no longer screams liability.
    — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2021
  • When all Stephen’s peers were also remote, his style wasn’t as much of a liability.
    — Sabina Nawaz, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2021
  • His hair-trigger temper and smart mouth make him a liability with the cameras rolling.
    — Barbara Vandenburgh, azcentral, 13 Nov. 2019
  • With liabilities in dollars, most funds want to be paid in the same currency.
    — The Economist, 21 June 2019
  • And their quick-strike offense has become a force, rather than a liability.
    — Rustin Dodd, kansascity.com, 21 June 2017
  • They'll be joined by the 33-year-old Karlsson, a dynamic scorer who can sometimes be a liability at the other end of the ice.
    — Will Graves, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
  • On the fifth page of the opinion, the judge said that being arrested didn’t relieve others of liability for the murder.
    — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023

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