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

"She does not ill-use me; she dare not."

From Daisy Burns (Volume 1) by Kavanagh, Julia

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

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

And to think that any man could ill-use a creature like that,” half to herself; but Fay drooped her head as she heard her.

From Wee Wifie by Carey, Rosa Nouchette