How to Use liable in a Sentence

liable

adjective

• 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
• Can SpaceX be held liable for its space junk hitting the Moon?
  — Alex Knapp, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• In 2022, Spacey was found not liable for battery against Rapp.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 18 Feb. 2025
• The 50-year-old actress was found not liable in the lawsuit on Thursday.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2023
• The Dodgers in 2014 were found partly liable for Stow’s injuries.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022
• 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
• So it’s the person tweeting, not Twitter, who is liable for the speech.
  — Jessica Melugin, National Review, 12 May 2022
• Every one of them is liable to give you goose bumps or knock your shoulders back.
  — Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
• That case ended in May 2023, and Sheeran was not found liable.
  — Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
• All three should be held liable, the court filing stated.
  — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 2 Dec. 2022
• Part of the issue is that the man can take too much off the trees, which residents in the neighborhood are liable for.
  — Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2022
• Gothold said that if the district is sued about the map, the district could be liable for attorneys’ fees.
  — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2022
• He was later found liable for the deaths in a civil suit brought by the families.
  — Greg Hanlon, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024
• He was found liable for the deaths of Brown Simpson and Goldman in a civil trial.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
• The intrepid flee to Dublin; those who stay are liable to dredge up an income selling meth.
  — Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024
• In both states he has already been found liable for damages.
  — NBC News, 15 Apr. 2022
• 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
• Spacey was found not liable for battery in the civil trial.
  — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
• Thomas was later dropped as a defendant, and a judge found the county not liable.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
• The case turns on when a parent company is liable for the actions of its subsidiary.
  — Byjeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 11 Aug. 2023
• Here's what to know Could a builder be liable if mortgage rates go up before a house is complete?
  — Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024
• 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
• At this stage, the judge will only determine whether Google is liable for the antitrust charges brought against it.
  — Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 3 May 2024
• Just like Depp was liable for the remark from his attorney.
  — Fox News, 23 June 2022
• This means that everyone is liable for the entire debt.
  — Gary Singer, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Jan. 2022
• Cox warned that school districts will also be liable for any lawsuits to come from this ban.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2022
• Taking a page from the gun lobby, Google opposes attempts to hold the creators of AI liable for the way those models are used.
  — Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2025
• The landowners didn’t want to be held liable for any similar injuries that might occur on their property.
  — John Meyer, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025