liable to

Example Sentences

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"Those who use property tainted by a past confiscation," Thomas said, are "liable to any United States national who owns a claim to that property."

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

A resident of a boat is liable to pay council tax when it is used as their sole or main residence, experts say.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Revenues at €8.8 billion were also better than the €8.7 billion the street expected and, in a note published after the release by Jefferies analyst Janardan Menon, this is liable to push estimates “modestly” higher.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Mice exposed to prebirth stress, for instance, are liable to evince stress-related consequences as adults, and to some extent their offspring might inherit these consequences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Many of his soldiers looked so demoralized that they were liable to make a run for it and desert.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques