Example Sentences

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The very readable, if long and winding, “The Calamity Club” focuses on a crew of frequently ill-used, tough-minded white women.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Another problem with the film is that the actors are ill-used or underused.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2020

When he was onstage everyone cowered, even his wife, an ill-used April Daly, who tried hard with this sorrowful role.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2018

And actually serious party officials like Spicer were ill-used and degraded.

From US News • Jul. 20, 2016

Then she sent for the stranger who had been ill-used.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton