Sentence examples for liable to pick from inspiring English sources

It can be fabricated into mill forms, but it oxidizes readily at temperatures above 663° C (1,225° F) and is liable to pick up interstitial impurities.

So, why do people tell these little half-truths, white lies, and why do they do it in front of children who are liable to pick up on the pattern?

No financial trader could have known that the New York Stock Exchange was going to suffer its crippling outage in early July, and no holidaymaker is able to pick which airline is liable to ground its entire fleet due to a software error, which happened to United Airlines earlier this month.

Nor that athletes missing out on selection are liable to hit out at those who did not to pick them.

While the company could have provided up to a million dollars in liability coverage if an accident occurred, this applied only to drivers who had a passenger in the car or were on their way to pick one up; the company later argued that it wasn't liable for the girl's death.

Recent metaphors are special in being picked up by adults, and are liable to become idioms if they pass on to new generations.

Pick up a fork and you're liable to find a knife dangling from the end of it.

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Pick up an album by Gaby Moreno and you're liable to find some songs that echo Latin American folk, others that channel gritty blues and a voice that aches with sweet melancholy.

They didn't want to call 911, so they called the university taxi service, but they picked us up and told us they weren't liable to do hospital delivery.