mistreat

Example Sentences

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“And if we give ourselves a fair chance, we have less time to mistreat others.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

Zambian union leaders said Chinese managers pay poorly and mistreat workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

One attendee had even brought her sign from 2017, a verse from Leviticus in English and in Hebrew: “When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them.”

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2025

There are a lot of people who mistreat dogs and take dogs for granted.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2024

He demanded so much, promised with such insistence that he would not mistreat the things, that Úrsula gave him the keys.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez