Use an inkstand with broad base as being less liable to upset.

It was heavier, and less liable to be injured by the water.

In other respects they are, perhaps, less liable to doubt and controversy.

Wilmington and Savannah were less liable to attack than some Northern towns.

Xi is less liable to use his powers rashly than the U.S. president.

This rendered them less liable to discovery by their enemies in the neighborhood.

Dark-colored hogs are preferred in California because less liable to sunburn.

Regular troops are far less liable to such excesses than inexperienced and undisciplined forces.

The barometer here used was also a better one, and less liable to derangement.

He will then be less liable to slip down again.

Utensils thus made were less liable to fracture than those formed simply from clay.

They are cleaner, and females are less liable to annoyance.

They're less liable to prevaricate if they see the whip.

Are liquor drinkers more or less liable to epidemic diseases?

It carries off the exhalations better, leaving the skin dryer and less liable to colds.

Moderate wishes may be satisfied; and which is still better, are less liable to disappointment.