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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The purchase was approved, bit the store is not holding the resident liable.
    Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Charter aims to cut the damages all the way down to zero on appeal, saying it shouldn't have been held liable at all.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 28 July 2022
  • Williams had also sued the city of Lemon Grove, which was similarly found not liable.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Elon Musk was not liable for damages to Tesla's stock based on a 2018 tweet, a jury ruled Friday.
    Christopher Hutton, Washington Examiner, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Harley-Davidson has been found liable in a lawsuit stemming from the death of a trike rider from upstate New York.
    Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 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
  • For some, e-scooters for rent are an eyesore, liable to cause accidents on and off the sidewalk.
    Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The three contractors spent a year arguing over who should be held liable.
    Hannah Dreier, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Surgeons, however, are quite as liable to metaphorize the body as anyone.
    Will Self, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
  • Three years later, in 1998, he was found liable for the murders in a civil suit from the victims’ families.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Although Penny was acquitted this week, he could still be held financially liable for his role in Neely’s death.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024

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