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

It might be rude, it certainly was not genteel, but she positively refused to converse with a scoundrel who would ill-use Eppie.

From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller

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

He had had no chance against the ruffians, as they were numerous, but they did not attempt to ill-use him in any way.

From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

His owner had hesitated for some time before he made up his mind to have a dog, as he had often seen dogs ill-use the poor sheep.

From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1878, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks by Various