How to Use accountable in a Sentence

accountable

adjective

• If anything goes wrong I will hold you personally accountable!
• But his family still believes the gunman needs to be held accountable to some extent.
  — Dallas News, 28 Dec. 2022
• And this was all during the lame-duck period when politicians are least accountable to voters.
  — The Editors, National Review, 22 Dec. 2022
• Learning how to do those things and be accountable has been a part of Sharpe’s education.
  — oregonlive, 9 Jan. 2023
• Republic sports reporters have documented and held the group accountable through all the shifts.
  — AZCentral.com, 8 Jan. 2023
• Watching the needle move in the right direction can motivate you and keep you accountable to your goals, even if the finish line is still far off.
  — Ivana Pino, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2023
• Many pro-ban campaigners have lauded the bill as a long-overdue measure to hold tech companies accountable for their impact on children.
  — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
• Cardona said his agency is working on other proposals that would hold colleges accountable if their students get overburdened with debt.
  — Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2023
• Few adults held accountable While students are rarely hurt by guns while at school, Indianapolis has seen a rise in the number of children being shot or killed by guns in recent years.
  — Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
• This was a huge time-saver and kept me accountable to myself to stay on track.
  — Women's Health, 13 Feb. 2023
• People need to be held accountable for this type of bulls---.
  — Emma Colton, Fox News, 25 Mar. 2023
• That means only the Pell City board can hold Propst accountable.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 28 Aug. 2023
• There were three basic rules: Be on time, play hard and be accountable.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
• For months, Pence has said that Trump will be held accountable in the eyes of history for his role on Jan. 6.
  — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 2 Aug. 2023
• In light of these rules, do HOAs hold people accountable to maintain their yards and homes?
  — Brenda Richardson, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• Davis says that the industry as a whole needs to be more accountable in calling out their peers.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
• Talking about being more accountable is, in the end, very easy.
  — Vince Molinaro, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• But now he is being held accountable for one of his misdeeds.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
• Houle asked the jury to hold Saipov accountable by sentencing him to death.
  — Lauren Del Valle, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
• To be bound to no one and accountable only to oneself is fertile ground in which to plant myths of one’s own making.
  — Paul Tullis, Town & Country, 30 Apr. 2023
• Gutierrez-Reed is the second person to be held accountable for Hutchins’ death.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
• As to Biden, 85% of Republicans think he's being held accountable, while 23% of Democrats say the same.
  — Gary Langer, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2023
• So, to your point, our obligation is to hold all of these tech platforms accountable.
  — Leah Feiger, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
• The school board is accountable for the district’s $18.4-billion budget.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
• When announcing the project, Abrams wrote about how Good Riddance forced her to be accountable.
  — Waiss David Aramesh, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2023
• My son is gone and those who contributed to his senseless death should be held accountable.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
• Its most powerful leaders — the Board of Trustees — were not held accountable.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• Others had been involved, too, the F.B.I. found, but no one was ever held accountable.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
• Read more below about the 21 Indianapolis kids shot and the few adults held accountable.
  — Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Sep. 2024
• Abbott said his policy will hold the Biden administration accountable for its immigration policies.
  — Madeline De Figueiredo, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024