cruel treatment
Example Sentences
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This is hardly surprising, given the country’s more general neglect of a full, sustained reckoning with its history with — and its often stunningly cruel treatment of — Native Americans.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2024
Critics of the bill have blasted SB 16 as “dangerous legislation” that fails to penalize mass corporations for their cruel treatment of animals, workers and consumers.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2024
“This cruel treatment of wild horses in unacceptable and far below the standard that Americans expect for these iconic animals,” she said.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
In their application for emergency measures, Canada and the Netherlands asked the court to order Syria to stop all acts of torture and cruel treatment and end arbitrary detentions, among other things.
From Reuters ● Jul. 7, 2023
He is rapidly improving since he has had a barrier put between him and the generally cruel treatment he was wont to receive from his landlord.
From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by T. O. Russell
