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Abused in a sentence
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Abused meaning
simple past and past participle of abuse
Synonyms of Abused
Example sentences (20)
Judge Kate Rayfield said that Talbot showed "hideous behaviour" especially towards the boy that he racially abused.
Proxy voting was being abused and shouldn't have been extended for as long as it had, according to the congressman.
Like elsewhere in the world, the sharing of videos of women being sexually abused is a growing problem in Somalia.
All dogs I would have said until I heard about a rescue dog that was badly abused before my friends adopted him.
I have worked with many vulnerable groups and it makes me shudder to think how any legislation could be abused.
In one, an abused woman despairs while her child looks out on an idyllic scene of maples hung with sap buckets.
One of the recommendations from this investigation was to “provide a shelter for abused seniors, men and women.
M says she was raped by a trafficker’s friend during her journey to Malaysia and is now frequently abused by her husband.
If you don’t believe Yousaf gets abused, just go online and see what is said about him in screed after hate-filled screed.
It is alleged in the that till May, her husband forcibly had sex with her about six times and also abused and thrashed her.
On VPs quitting the ruling party, Chakhame signaled that they take different directions after being abused.
Lewis told VTDigger he decided to tell Lyon that he was being sexually abused after the turn of the year.
He added: “Gary Campbell was actively involved in a paedophile network in which children were abused for money and on-request.
Hidayah had also abused her position as the victim's caregiver by taking the photos without his consent.
Only charges that he abused two choirboys in his early months as archbishop of Melbourne in the late 1990s led to convictions.
An evil, murderous psychopath, he abused the people and only stayed in power because of the Roman Army.
His mother abused alcohol when he was a child, resulting in him being removed for a time from his home.
One resident who didn't want to be named said: "People are being abused and sworn at when trying to get on and off their drives.
But it also came with some restrictions (a one year waiting period to play after transferring) that prevented it from being abused.
Even before he was born, Eren was used and abused, manipulated across the fourth season until he decides to usher in the apocalypse.
Phrases with abused
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Common combinations with abused
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- sexually abused 35×
- abused by 26×
- abused and 19×
- being abused 17×
- and abused 14×
- abused her 10×
- was abused 10×
- physically abused 8×
- been abused 8×
- be abused 7×
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