Example Sentences

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Cabinet member for Financial Sustainability, Simon Radford, says polygamous working is a "great example of where people are abusing and wasting taxpayers' money and we won't tolerate that".

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

Inspired by the tales of the half-monkey Hindu god Hanuman, Kid takes on those in power who are abusing members of lower castes.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2024

"Courts do sanction lawyers when they believe the lawyers are abusing the courts in this way," the legal ethics expert said.

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2023

“Those who are abusing power, we should be able to go after them,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2022

The Germans are upset at stories that Czechs and Poles are abusing ethnic Germans living in Czechoslovakia and Poland.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti