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"Abusive" in a Sentence (15 examples)
I had never received such an abusive letter before.
They used abusive language to her.
Slanderous, defamatory, obscene, indecent, lewd, pornographic, violent, abusive, insulting, threatening and harassing comments are not tolerated.
The purpose of antitrust law is to stop the abusive influence of the market by big companies.
Tom became abusive.
Tom was abusive.
That man is abusive trash who's lied in circles over and over again. We have no reason to believe that this isn't just more emotional manipulation. I've seen this exact thing happen over and over again with other abusers like him in different places. Abusers like him use their perceived instability as social capital to keep their trust and good faith alive long after it's been crushed again and again by their cruelty and perversion.
When Tom woke up, he felt ashamed of his abusive behaviour towards Mary the previous night.
The US Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have targeted American Muslims in abusive counterterrorism “sting operations” based on religious and ethnic identity, Human Rights Watch and Human Rights Institute said.
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, putting in place comprehensive reforms that improve access to affordable health coverage for everyone and protect consumers from abusive insurance company practices.
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All they could ever do was to shout abusive inanities at me and my colleagues.
an abusive treaty
[…] to begin in this vacation the foundation of a trifling subject which might shroud in his leaves the abusive enormities of these our times.
the abusive prerogatives of his see
I am […]necessitated to use the word Parliament improperly, according to the abusive acceptation thereof.
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