ill-treatment
Example Sentences
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After all, she points out, if orcas really wanted to take revenge against humans for ill-treatment, why wait until now?
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2023
"I wanted to tell stories about queer joy, about bravery, about those of us who are braving... prejudice and ill-treatment to still be able to show up as ourselves," they said from their Johannesburg apartment.
From Reuters • Apr. 20, 2023
He had an eye for the telling fact: “Between 1800 and 1835 Parliament debated no less than 11 bills seeking to make the deliberate ill-treatment of animals unlawful; all failed, mostly by narrow margins.”
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023
A forensic expert, she has spent much of her career documenting torture and ill-treatment, and has served as president of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2023
As he expected, they were disappointed over the failure at Efrafa and full of indignation at the ill-treatment of Holly and his companions.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
