liable

Definition:
1. At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant.
2. Subject to legal action.
3. (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with.
4. Held legally responsible.

Use 'liable' in a sentence:

• 1. If those promises fall through, remember that you could be held liable.
• 2. You know you are liable to be cross-examined mercilessly about the assault.
• 3. Every one is liable to error when he is poor.
• 4. Steroids are used to reduce the inflammation, which makes the muscles of the airways liable to constriction.
• 5. We're all liable to make mistakes when we're tired.
• 6. It is liable to different interpretations.
• 7. One who works under the hot sun is liable to sunstroke.
• 8. Such a figure is liable to be attacked as a blasphemer.
• 9. He is liable for the fault of his son.
• 10. The dog is liable to bite when angry.
• 11. The airline's insurer is liable for damages to the victims' families.
• 12. Offenders are liable to fines of up to $500.
• 13. There have been larger one-year drops in other nations: sales in Germany fell 9 percent in 2007 liable to a tax increase.
• 14. Every man is liable to error.; No human being can be free from mistakes.
• 15. The thinking has gone since the early 1980s, when juries began holding more companies liable for their customers' misfortunes.
• 16. When someone liable is unable to pay compensation the State must close the gap and pay victims, Zhang said.
• 17. He is liable for his father's debts.
• 18. Flu is liable to spread among people.
• 19. Such tort-feasors are jointly and severally liable.
• 20. The court ruled he could not be held personally liable for his wife's debts.
• 21. When caught, all are liable to prosecution, and the decision whether to send for the police or not is in the hands of the store manager.
• 22. Because Mercury is the planet of communication and commerce, you will find these areas liable to have problems.
• 23. This area is liable to flooding.
• 24. The artist exploring the new is liable to derision and hostility.
• 25. This is liable to cause misunderstanding.
• 26. He is primarily liable for his debts.
• 27. He is liable to catch a cold.
• 28. Only a small minority of the mentally ill are liable to harm themselves or others.
• 29. You are more liable to injury if you exercise infrequently.
• 30. To eat putrid food is liable to get sick.
• 31. The insurance company should not be held liable for the wrongs of one of its agents.
• 32. The descending rock is substantially cooler than the surrounding mantle and hence is less ductile and much more liable to fracture.
• 33. Indeed, when the expert pays attention to the mechanics, this is liable to disrupt performance.
• 34. A librarian should be liable for the library's safety.
• 35. As the killings took place outside British jurisdiction, the Ministry of Defence could not be held liable.
• 36. She will grow into a woman particularly liable to depression.
• 37. Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent.
• 38. Tenants remain liable if they pass on their lease.
• 39. You will be liable for any damage caused.
• 40. Educational practice is liable to sudden swings and changes.
• 41. The bridge is liable to collapse at any moment.
• 42. Offenders will be liable to a heavy fine.
• 43. Offenders will be liable to a seven-year prison term.
• 44. People who earn under a certain amount are not liable to pay tax.
• 45. He is liable to abrupt mood swings.
• 46. All adult males will be liable for conscription.
• 47. The grain is liable to mildew when the humidity in the barn is too high.