RESPONSIBLE in a Sentence

Learn RESPONSIBLE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
409 example sentences for RESPONSIBLE, such as:
1. She felt responsible for the town.
2. I'm responsible for the west side.
3. I'm sure you are largely responsible.
4. I am making you responsible for the cooking.
5. The insurance company is responsible for this case.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of RESPONSIBLE
responsible
 a.  being the agent or cause
 a.  worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable
Classic Sentence: (199 in 14 pages)
1  Perhaps Zeena had failed to see the new doctor or had not liked his counsels: Ethan knew that in such cases the first person she met was likely to be held responsible for her grievance.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
2  "Mrs. Bonnell's children have the measles," said Mrs. Merriwether abruptly, showing plainly that she held Mrs. Bonnell personally responsible for permitting such a thing to happen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
3  Always remember, dear," Ellen had said, "you are responsible for the moral as well as the physical welfare of the darkies God has intrusted to your care.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
4  They were responsible for a situation that forced a woman to keep a murderer at her side to protect her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
5  Yes, he is my legal ward and I am responsible for him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
6  I'm sure you are largely responsible.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
7  Matter of fact, I suspect they were largely responsible for his locating here.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
8  She felt responsible for the town.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
9  The collar belonged to grandfather, of course, and Jake, feeling responsible for it, flared up.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVIII
10  Dorr's friends say he was drunk and not responsible for his actions.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In III
11  The spell was soon over, and Mrs. Pontellier could not help wondering if there were not a little imagination responsible for its origin, for the rose tint had never faded from her friend's face.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In V
12  The injury was not one that Durham and Company could be held responsible for, and so that was all there was to it, so far as the doctor was concerned.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
13  I will now proceed to the statement of those facts, connected with my escape, for which I am alone responsible, and for which no one can be made to suffer but myself.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
14  The responsible duty of making the toast was delegated to the Aged, and that excellent old gentleman was so intent upon it that he seemed to me in some danger of melting his eyes.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXVII
15  I am responsible for them to myself, I act upon them, and I say no more about them.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14. MY AUNT MAKES UP HER MIND ABOUT ME
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  According to what he said, Linda should be responsible for the case.
2  You admit you fired the gun and we now know that the shot killed the victim so you are, ipso facto, responsible for his death.
3  It's time you started acting like a responsible adult.
4  They recommended the creation of a new government agency to be responsible for the environment.
5  I am making you responsible for the cooking.
6  The company could not indicate a person even nominally responsible for staff training.
7  The driver is responsible for getting the troop of colobus moving through the canopy.
8  His unit was responsible for intelligence gathering in North Africa.
9  Such a presence must take the form of an onshore administrative unit responsible for the management of the fishing vessel concerned.
10  I'm responsible for the west side.
11  Sooner or later,the time comes when we all must become responsible adults,and learn to give up what we want,so we can choose to do what is right.
12  A combination of factors may be responsible for the increase in cancer.
13  We are responsible for the care and well-being of all our patients.
14  The insurance company is responsible for this case.
15  He's an honest, responsible citizen who respects the law and is dedicated to his family.