liablein a sentencegrouped by contextual meaning
liable as in: is legally liable
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She was drunk and liable for the death of the other driver.
liable = held legally responsible
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They jury concluded that Starbucks is not liable for burns their customer received when coffee spilled into her lap.liable = legally responsible
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men between the ages of 18 and 35 were liable for military service†
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You have heard that the ancients were told, '"YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER" and "Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court."† (source)
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He is liable for direct damage both to your chimneys and any collateral damage caused by fall of bricks into garden, etc.† (source)
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When driving about, he felt that he was held liable by the police for anything that might occur in the streets, and was the common prey of all energetic officials.† (source)
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if anyone bothers you tell them 'tis government orders and they're not to interfere in government business and if they lay a finger on you they're liable to arrest, imprisonment and a large fine (source)liable = legally responsible
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By the penal law of Massachusetts, any Catholic priest who should set foot in the colony after having been once driven out of it was liable to capital punishment (source)liable = legally subject (to a penalty)
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As he cannot be influenced by those feelings which you rank highly as temptation and reward to the soldier and sailor in their choice of a profession, as heroism, and noise, and fashion, are all against him, he ought to be less liable to the suspicion of wanting sincerity or good intentions in the choice of his. (source)liable = thought guilty
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liable as in: she is liable to
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She's so busy, she's liable to forget.
liable = likely to
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She's not liable to forget something that important.liable = likely
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If the judge decides Darry isn't a good guardian or something, I'm liable to get stuck in a home somewhere. (source)liable = likely to
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He's liable to start somethin', and there's some little folks here. (source)liable = maybe going to
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If you go late in the morning they're liable to be cranky after seeing hundreds of men women and children sick and asking for help. (source)liable = likely (to); or maybe going (to)
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"Princess Alyss is dead!" the tree said loudly, as if for the benefit of an unseen but all-hearing force liable to inflict great hurt at the slightest provocation. (source)liable = likely
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She's liable to say anything. (source)liable = may (maybe going to)
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If you leave him in the chocolate-mixing barrel too long, he's liable to get poured out into the fudge boiler, (source)liable = maybe going to
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He hated using his hands, and he hated bending down, which was always liable to start him coughing. (source)
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You never know who's liable to knock at your door, (source)
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he's liable to bite somebody else (source)
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But you can't expect me to visit here again in a hurry, if I'm liable to be flown at and insulted in such a fashion. (source)liable = likely
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He snatched the book from me and replaced it hastily on its shelf, muttering that if one brick was removed the whole library was liable to collapse. (source)liable = maybe going to
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We go into danger, to which you are, or may be, more liable than any of us from …. from circumstances …. things that have been. (source)liable = likely (to suffer)
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