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

Sir, it is by force and not by right that you lay hands on the property of the Church, of which you make such ill-use.

From The Red True Story Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)

A prince, Lord of the Red Castle, happened at that moment to pass by, and inquired as to the cause of such treatment, for it horrified him that a mother should so ill-use her child.

From Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen by Harding, Emily J.

I see that misfortunes always overtake those who ill-use others.”

From Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)

But she claims that the day will be fine and not ill-use her.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward