ill-use
Example Sentences
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"She did not ill-use me. Indeed, I do not believe that she ever knew that I was there at all. Is that not peculiar?"
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
His sister Helen was manifestly kind to him, and would not permit any of the company to insult or ill-use him.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various
Yes, we may so ill-use our bodies that the watchman sleeps at his post!
From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by Jowett, John Henry
"There will be the collieshangie when they see our marks in the snaw, but they'll founder their horses on the brae and ill-use time tae nae purpose, if just we get ower the common."
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John
The Federals thought the members of the Council wanted to abscond, and they were even about to ill-use them, when some one recognised Delescluze.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
