How do you use Abusing in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Abusing in a sentence
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Abusing meaning
present participle and gerund of abuse
Using Abusing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of abuse
- In the example corpus, abusing often appears in combinations such as: sexually abusing, of abusing, abusing his.
Context around Abusing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 13 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Abusing
- In this selection, "abusing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sexually, began, denied, two, student and drugs stand out and add context to how "abusing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include been sexually abusing her, buhari is abusing his previlage and sexually abusing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "abusing" sits close to words such as definite, escaping and plunge, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with abusing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bellhouse is the sixth employee at FCI Dublin to be charged with sexually abusing inmates, according to The Associated Press. (20 words)
Between the same dates, he indicated guilty to committing fraud by abusing his position and claiming £985 from lottery scratch cards. (21 words)
Both the man and the woman had denied abusing the girl, instead suggesting she had been infected accidentally via a towel. (21 words)
So when the Myanmar military abuses the Rohingya women we also show our solidarity, because we know that the Myanmar military has been abusing other ethnic women—Karen, Kachin, Shan, Ta’ang—and now they are abusing the Rohingya women. (40 words)
After Neeley lost most of the weight, though, she began abusing drugs, just as her parents had, according to a Facebook post last July that Neeley deleted, but that saved via screenshot: "I overcame my food addiction," she posted. (39 words)
A protester holds up signs moments before writer E. Jean Carroll leaves a Manhattan court house after a jury found former President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990's. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
So when the Myanmar military abuses the Rohingya women we also show our solidarity, because we know that the Myanmar military has been abusing other ethnic women—Karen, Kachin, Shan, Ta’ang—and now they are abusing the Rohingya women.
A former federal correctional officer was sentenced Friday to more than five years in prison for sexually abusing two inmates at a women’s prison in where the warden and other employees were charged with similar conduct.
A former gynecologist at the University of California, who was sentenced to prison for sexually abusing student patients can be retried on charges involving additional women, a judge ruled Friday.
After Neeley lost most of the weight, though, she began abusing drugs, just as her parents had, according to a Facebook post last July that Neeley deleted, but that saved via screenshot: "I overcame my food addiction," she posted.
A man accused of sexually abusing a majority of his nine adopted sons has new charges as prosecutors continue to paint a picture of depravity and deception against him.
A Maryland man was sentenced to life plus 25 years in prison for sexually abusing his stepdaughter, who was a young child when the abuse began.
An Oregon-based Olympic show jumper pleaded guilty on Tuesday to sexually abusing a teenage protégé, and accepted a 30-month prison term.
A protester holds up signs moments before writer E. Jean Carroll leaves a Manhattan court house after a jury found former President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990's.
Arowosaye stated that “” was accused of sexually abusing and exploiting a 10-year-old girl in the Kuola neighbourhood of Ibadan on December 17, 2022.
Atiku also warned against the development where a serving cabinet minister of President Muhammadu Buhari is abusing his previlage by bullying and intimidating an institution of government.
Bellhouse is the sixth employee at FCI Dublin to be charged with sexually abusing inmates, according to The Associated Press.
Between the same dates, he indicated guilty to committing fraud by abusing his position and claiming £985 from lottery scratch cards.
Both the man and the woman had denied abusing the girl, instead suggesting she had been infected accidentally via a towel.
But as an adult she confided in me that a man who had helped our family, after my husband died, had actually been sexually abusing her.
But it was a clever way of showing the Sorcerer Supreme's cerebral edge, getting Mordo to turn on the fraternity for abusing the rules of space and time.
But the bills’ deeper constitutional problem was how they would harm citizens’ use of smartphone technology to capture police abusing their authority.
Darth Plagueis became obsessed with the idea that he’d grown too powerful and that the Force would one day betray him for abusing his control over life and death.
Deputy Danny Healy-Rae launched a stinging attack on asylum seekers and accused people of abusing the free legal aid system in Ireland.
Disgraced entertainer has died aged 93, less than a decade after he was found guilty by a jury of abusing four girls and young women.
Doctors at Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral, Merseyside, even asked the mum-of-one is she was abusing her son, she claims.
Phrases with abusing
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Common combinations with abusing
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