ill-treat

Example Sentences

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In these quotations, to vanquish foes and destroy enemies does not mean to ill-treat others in any way, or even to seek victory over them in a traditional sense.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2019

She may ill-treat him, she may ignore him, it matters not; she attracts him.

From An Artist in Crime by Ottolengui, Rodrigues

“Who asked you to ill-treat my friend?” he cried.

From With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)

Do you suppose that Herr Rossel, or the baron, or I myself, would suffer any one to ill-treat our little Zenz?

From In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II by Heyse, Paul

Only that he had been merciful, this young lord would not have been able to scorn him and ill-treat him as he had done.

From Marion Fay by Trollope, Anthony