Synonym: damage, ill-use, injure, mistreat. Similar words: a bundle of, bush, business, on business, businessman. Meaning: [ə'bjuːz] n. 1. cruel or inhumane treatment 2. a rude expression intended to offend or hurt 3. improper or excessive use. v. 1. treat badly 2. change the inherent purpose or function of something 3. use foul or abusive language towards 4. use wrongly or improperly or excessively.
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61) He had not, until recently, stooped to personal abuse.
62) The system, though well-meaning, is open to abuse.
63) She screamed abuse at him.
64) You can't make personal abuse on her.
65) She suffered years of physical abuse.
66) A stream of abuse came from his lips.
67) The government is taking action to combat drug abuse.
68) They hurled abuse and insults at the speaker.
69) The child had taken a lot of emotional abuse.
69) Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
70) The word 'communist' had become a term of abuse.
71) The system is open to abuse.
72) He burst into a storm of abuse.
73) The prisoner let fly with a torrent of abuse.
74) Abuse and scorn were heaped on the proposals.
75) They started screaming abuse at us.
76) I will refer to child abuse generically .
77) Solvent abuse is especially prevalent among younger teenagers.
78) He was accused of hurling abuse at the referee.
79) Christian pushed him away, yelling abuse.
80) Abuse and scorn were heaped upon the new tax.
81) She burst out into a storm of abuse.
82) They had to endure continual racial abuse.
83) Cases of child abuse have a strong emotional charge.
84) New laws to deal with this abuse are in the pipeline.
85) I tried to apologize, but he just shrieked abuse at me.
86) If I calmly pocket the abuse, I'll be laughed at.
87) The motorcyclist came abreast of her car and shouted abuse at her.
88) I have reason to fear that you might abuse your power.
89) She shivered as the sound of that man's abuse rang in her ears.
90) From 1969 to 1971, he was administrator of the Illinois state drug abuse program.