Example sentences for: liable

How can you use “liable” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A federal judge in Tennessee recently ruled, says the paper, that Budget Rent-A-Car could be held vicariously liable for racial harassment happening in a branch, unbeknownst to the home office.

  • As an example, the Times says that an HMO that directs a patient to a pharmacy could be liable if the pharmacy abuses that patient's records.

  • If the units at a facility that are subject to the requirements of section 412(c) emit sulfurdioxide for any calendar year after 2007 in excess of the sulfur dioxide allowances that the owner or operator of the facility holds for use for the facility for that calendar year, the owner or operator shall be liable for the payment of an excess emissions penalty, except where such emissions were authorized pursuant to section 110(f).

  • Another of Clinton's proposals would hold negligent parents liable for crimes committed with guns by their kids.

  • Sex may come and sex may go, but Tom DeLay is liable to be around forever.


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