abused

How To Use abused In A Sentence

• Harsh discipline was the child's lot, and they were often terrorized deliberately and, not infrequently, sexually abused.
• Yorkshire abused by such a pitiful prater; and when wrought up to a certain pitch, she would turn and say something of which neither the matter nor the manner recommended her to Mr. Donne's good - will. Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte
• Stated income loans only deserve the moniker "liar loans" because they were abused by banks and given to borrowers who lacked the income to qualify full doc. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
• My stepfather was strict and didn't let us have friends in the house; he physically abused me but not sexually.
• In a landmark case/decision, the Governor pardoned a woman convicted of killing her husband, who had physically abused her.
• We took the abused child away from its parents
• That's right, vast swabs of the offending speech are reproduced under the cover of the Parliamentary privilege that had been so abused.
• All the children had been physically and emotionally abused.
• The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan disabused us of this notion. The President's Risky Defense Strategy
• You abused them sexually for what must have been your sexual lust under cover of medical examination.