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rough handling
noun as in misuse
Example Sentences
The prosecution said she was subjected to "rough handling" by Roughley, who told the baby: "Genevieve go home. Do you have to be so loud and constant? Change the record."
She has been dubbed the “human hand grenade” for her sometimes rough handling of sensitive issues, but as foreign secretary and trade secretary she had a reputation for getting stuff done.
“It was critical that we not give her any rough handling,” Haley said.
That’s rough handling — not only does it remove alcohol, which provides body and texture to wine, it also removes more delicate flavor components.
“The creature of an over-stimulated brain; that is certain. I must be careful of you, my treasure: nerves like yours were not made for rough handling.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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