How to Use accountable in a Sentence

accountable

adjective
Definition of accountablenext
Synonyms for accountablenext
  • If anything goes wrong I will hold you personally accountable!
  • So, to your point, our obligation is to hold all of these tech platforms accountable.
    — Leah Feiger, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Give them a chance to be creative, innovative and accountable.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Hazing has no place on our campus, and those found responsible will be held accountable for their actions.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2023
  • When announcing the project, Abrams wrote about how Good Riddance forced her to be accountable.
    — Waiss David Aramesh, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2023
  • And by choosing to resist, unjust oppression is not only made visible it is held accountable.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Jason never gave up on Travis ... and he's always tried to be the big brother that held his little brother accountable for everything.
    — Mitchell Gladstone, Arkansas Online, 12 Feb. 2023
  • All employees and leaders should be held accountable to perform and behave ethically.
    — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Education advocates also raise concerns about how private schools would be accountable for state dollars, as they aren’t held to the same standards.
    — Dallas News, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Gala Darling has been teaching self-love for more than a decade, and she's put her findings into a book that comes with homework assignments to keep you accountable for your own self-love goals.
    — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 31 Jan. 2023
  • This was a huge time-saver and kept me accountable to myself to stay on track.
    — Women's Health, 13 Feb. 2023
  • People need to be held accountable for this type of bulls---.
    — Emma Colton, Fox News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • That means only the Pell City board can hold Propst accountable.
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 28 Aug. 2023
  • There were three basic rules: Be on time, play hard and be accountable.
    — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
  • For months, Pence has said that Trump will be held accountable in the eyes of history for his role on Jan. 6.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 2 Aug. 2023
  • In light of these rules, do HOAs hold people accountable to maintain their yards and homes?
    — Brenda Richardson, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Davis says that the industry as a whole needs to be more accountable in calling out their peers.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
  • But now he is being held accountable for one of his misdeeds.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Houle asked the jury to hold Saipov accountable by sentencing him to death.
    — Lauren Del Valle, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
  • To be bound to no one and accountable only to oneself is fertile ground in which to plant myths of one’s own making.
    — Paul Tullis, Town & Country, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Gutierrez-Reed is the second person to be held accountable for Hutchins’ death.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
  • As to Biden, 85% of Republicans think he's being held accountable, while 23% of Democrats say the same.
    — Gary Langer, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The school board is accountable for the district’s $18.4-billion budget.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
  • My son is gone and those who contributed to his senseless death should be held accountable.
    — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Its most powerful leaders — the Board of Trustees — were not held accountable.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Read more below about the 21 Indianapolis kids shot and the few adults held accountable.
    — Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Sep. 2024
  • There are, of course, war criminals who need to be held accountable; my colleagues and I are not calling for amnesty all around.
    — Aleksei Miniailo, Foreign Affairs, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Christine Dallas has since called on the officers involved in the call — none of whom have been named — be held accountable for her son’s death.
    — John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The justice floated the idea of lower court judges holding the justices accountable.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2024
  • Many Iranians will hold their own regime accountable for the horror that a hot war with Israel could bring.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2024

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