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
"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
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.
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
I never saw even the most unfortunate settler ill-use his beast, though all young plow oxen and half-broken broncos, besides a good many old ones, are sufficiently exasperating.
From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Bindloss, Harold
