answerable for
Example Sentences
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It also meant that Buckingham Palace stopped being answerable for his behaviour.
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025
The best way to handle this trade-off is to put bureaucrats and business executives on notice that they may be answerable for their conduct at some later date.
From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2020
“A candidate has absolutely no control over it, but is answerable for it,” Levine said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2019
White Australians may not be strictly answerable for Tarrant’s crime, but we have some big questions to ask ourselves.
From Slate • Mar. 18, 2019
“Just so: I think so: and you shall be answerable for it. Criticise me: does my forehead not please you?”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
