abusiveness

Example Sentences

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Mr. Dirden speaks with a majestic orotundity that evokes a preacher carrying around an invisible pulpit, and exudes a preening pomposity and the requisite vicious abusiveness toward Lucky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 29, 2025

“There is abusiveness, but we do have to provide disaster aid, and whether that’s for a hurricane or whether it’s for flooding, or whether that’s for wildfires, we’ve got to do that.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2022

These limits included issuing fines for abusiveness “only when there has been a lack of a good-faith effort to comply with the law,” which is, of course, ridiculous.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2021

That’s not because she doesn’t deserve to have friends or because she’s personally responsible for her son’s abusiveness.

From Slate • Sep. 5, 2020

Many stories are told of the abusiveness of the class, but a simple and effective rule is to overpay them at once and be done with it.

From London Films by Howells, William Dean