How to Use accountable in a Sentence

accountable

adjective

• If anything goes wrong I will hold you personally accountable!
• That means only the Pell City board can hold Propst accountable.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 9 Sep. 2023
• Nobody from the Post Office or Fujitsu had been held accountable as of last year.
  — TIME, 6 Jan. 2024
• Most of these kids have never had to be accountable to teammates or make grades or show up to practice at a specific time.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 11 May 2023
• Democrats have countered that Bowman has already been held accountable by the legal process.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2023
• At the very least this will make AI models and algorithms more transparent and more accountable.
  — Hossein Derakhshan, WIRED, 21 July 2023
• Nobody holds Grier accountable for the wrong-way decisions and failed, five-year rebuild of this team.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024
• Employees also told Rolling Stone that many of the show’s top leaders don't hold the father of two accountable for his behavior.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
• Hence the pressure on the Justice Department to hold Trump accountable in a way the political system did not.
  — The Editors, National Review, 2 Aug. 2023
• There’s also the question of holding those who attacked Nex accountable.
  — Lz Granderson, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
• Some mayors and lawyers believed that the firearms industry could likewise be held accountable.
  — Michael Steinberger, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• Staffers inside the company are wondering amongst themselves who is going to be held accountable for the mess.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
• The plan would hike taxes on those parcels by about 185%, which is expected to hold land speculators more accountable.
  — Detroit Free Press, 31 May 2023
• The state had maintained that the role of its greenhouse gas emissions in global climate change was negligible and shouldn’t be held accountable.
  — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
• Adobe, the photo software maker, wants to hold bad actors who create these kinds of images accountable.
  — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024
• Biden said the United States would hold Maduro’s government accountable for holding fair elections next year.
  — Craig Whitlock, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
• And the other piece is holding these smugglers accountable that cause damage and kill Americans.
  — CBS News, 17 Dec. 2023
• Use support – Buddy up with a friend for Sober October and hold each other accountable.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 11 Oct. 2023
• Live exercise classes, which can be done with Zoom, also help keep one accountable.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 8 July 2023
• The people who committed crimes should be held accountable, Rodriguez added.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
• The city didn’t hold anyone accountable for not first turning over the slide presentation to federal lawyers.
  — oregonlive, 12 Aug. 2023
• In his speech Thursday, Smith echoed these sentiments and insisted that people must be held accountable for the problems caused by AI.
  — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 25 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024