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
• Cox warned that school districts will also be liable for any lawsuits to come from this ban.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2022
• Might a parent be held liable for the accidents of their teenage child driving?
  — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 7 June 2022
• In February, charges against three of the defendants were dropped − but those accused of supplying the drugs remain legally liable.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
• The decision created chaos for clinics and hopeful parents across the state as health care providers feared they'd be held liable over typical parts of the treatment, like discarding surplus embryos.
  — April Rubin, Axios, 19 Feb. 2025