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
In my despair, when I heard this sentence, I thought of you and your favourites, whom I used to mock at and ill-treat more than you knew.
From Christmas Tree Land by Mrs. (Mary Louisa) Molesworth
If you ill-treat me, George, papa must have something to do with it.
From Is He Popenjoy? by Anthony Trollope
I don't want my son to tease you, much less ill-treat you.
From The Two Story Mittens and the Little Play Mittens Being the Fourth Book of the Series by Aunt Fanny
Why do you drive through the ditch, if you have a bridge within ten yards? and to ill-treat brown Lizzie!
From Problematic Characters A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen
