All 7 Uses of
liable
in
Bleak House
- Lady Dedlock is always the same exhausted deity, surrounded by worshippers, and terribly liable to be bored to death, even while presiding at her own shrine.†
Chpt 10-12
- I made a mistake; we are all liable to mistakes; I won't do so any more, and I'll become such a lawyer as is not often seen.†
Chpt 16-18
- Poor little thing, she's liable to spasms, and it's good for her to have her mind employed.†
Chpt 22-24
- As you say, Mr. Smallweed, here's Matthew Bagnet liable to be fixed whether or no. Now, you see, that makes his good lady very uneasy in her mind, and me too, for whereas I'm a harum-scarum sort of a good-for-nought that more kicks than halfpence come natural to, why he's a steady family man, don't you see?†
Chpt 34-36
- If you were living in an unfinished house, liable to have the roof put on or taken off—to be from top to bottom pulled down or built up—to-morrow, next day, next week, next month, next year—you would find it hard to rest or settle.†
Chpt 37-39
- We are liable to be tumbled out neck and crop at a moment's notice.†
Chpt 46-48 *
- It's my duty to inform you that any observations you may make will be liable to be used against you.†
Chpt 49-51
Definition:
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(liable as in: is legally liable) legally responsible