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
Fjalar and Galar told people who passed their fortress the story of how ill-used they had been by Suttung.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
