All 3 Uses
liable
in
1984, by Orwell
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- Repairs, except what you could do for yourself, had to be sanctioned by remote committees which were liable to hold up even the mending of a window-pane for two years.†
p. 21.1 *
- He hated using his hands, and he hated bending down, which was always liable to start him coughing.†
p. 21.9
- At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into some visible symptom.†
p. 63.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(liable as in: is legally liable) legally responsible
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(2)
(liable as in: she is liable to) likely to; or maybe going to; or subject to
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)