maltreated

How To Use maltreated In A Sentence

• For suppose you lay in wait for your enemy and beat or otherwise maltreated him: the chances were that he would either punish you himself or invoke the law to do it for him; while if you removed him by means of the garrot, the knife or the poisoned glass, no matter how discreetly the deed was done the hangman was pretty sure to get you sooner or later. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore
• While the deeds of Emil Gluck were all that was abominable, we cannot but feel, to a certain extent, pity for the unfortunate, malformed, and maltreated genius. THE ENEMY OF ALL THE WORLD
• Pasha in disguise, he is every where feasted, and treated with the most respectful attention, until the real truth being discovered, he is bastinadoed, spit upon, plucked by the beard, and, in short, maltreated in a thousand different ways. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833
• In 1661, a Dutch fleet pillaged its temples and maltreated monks, the only inhabitants.
• Watching this unspeakable romcom made me want to tumble off the red plush seats, curl up into a foetal ball and mew like a maltreated kitten.
• After being promised the joys of French life, she is kept inside the house, relegated to menial tasks and misunderstood and maltreated by the mother.
• Whilst we still do not know exactly what type of treatment may improve the care of maltreated individuals, it may be that new treatments based on the biological vulnerabilities associated with childhood maltreatment could prove an exciting avenue for research. Depression in adulthood twice as likely for those abused as children
• Non-governmental organization workers were also maltreated by the demonstrators.
• He had been badly maltreated as a child.
• The hostages said they were hungry but had not been maltreated.