How to Use accountable in a Sentence
accountable
adjective- If anything goes wrong I will hold you personally accountable!
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Pittman wants people to be held accountable and changes to be made in the SBC.
—Shelia Poole, ajc, 25 May 2022
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This was a huge time-saver and kept me accountable to myself to stay on track.
—Women's Health, 13 Feb. 2023
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Thanks for hearing me out, and a big thank you to all who held me accountable.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Jan. 2022
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John Moore’s life John was the youngest of four boys but was the brother that held the others accountable.
—Damenica Ellis, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2025
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One good way to keep yourself accountable is to join or start a book club.
—Leah Hall, Country Living, 22 Dec. 2022
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No one should be held accountable for something that Putin does clear across the world.
—Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2022
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Their goal was to try to hold people accountable for these things.
—Adia Robinson, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2022
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People need to be held accountable for this type of bulls---.
—Emma Colton, Fox News, 25 Mar. 2023
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That means only the Pell City board can hold Propst accountable.
—Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 28 Aug. 2023
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There were three basic rules: Be on time, play hard and be accountable.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
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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
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The coaches are accountable for being on their p’s and q’s, too.
—Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
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To this day, nobody has been held accountable for his death – or for the deaths of those killed in the ensuing protests.
—Heather Chen, CNN, 30 Sep. 2022
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Now the team and the Anti-Defamation League want Amazon to be held accountable as well.
—Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2022
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In light of these rules, do HOAs hold people accountable to maintain their yards and homes?
—Brenda Richardson, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
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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
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Talking about being more accountable is, in the end, very easy.
—Vince Molinaro, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
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That means if there’s a security flaw in the project, no one can be held accountable for that flaw.
—Nate Nead, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
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Everything on the football sides feels measured and accountable, notable by the calm and steady hand of adults in the room.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 2 Aug. 2025
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Richard is finally held accountable for his actions and is fired at the end of the finale.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
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People need to be held accountable to restore faith in the system.
—Aaron Klein, Time, 22 Nov. 2022
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Lester said her detectives would get to the bottom of the attack and hold those who opened fire accountable.
—NBC News, 4 Apr. 2022
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Many in South Korea are now calling for Yoon to be held accountable.
—Chris Morris, Fortune Asia, 6 Dec. 2024
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Lewis said after the trial that Jones had been held accountable.
—Jake Bleiberg, Dave Collins, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2022
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There is -- everybody has to be held accountable to the same system.
—CBS News, 4 Dec. 2022
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And for head coaches that do survive, someone on the staff will be held accountable.
—Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
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Good teams, they’re led by their coaches, held accountable by the coaches.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2022
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But now he is being held accountable for one of his misdeeds.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
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To date, no school official has been held accountable over their role in the shooting, though several parents continue to push for holding the school liable.
—Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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