ill-uses
- present tense form of ill-use (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Mr. Watts is too modest in his behaviour, and for that reason the young tyrant despises and ill-uses him.
From Athelstane Ford by Upward, Allen
You'll be good to him, and stand his friend, and teach him seafaring ways, and you'll see that nobody ill-uses him.
From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.
That is, except when he is rude, and ill-uses me, and will not come and apologize!’
From The Hand of Ethelberta by Hardy, Thomas
The master of this animal never ill-uses him nor scolds him, and at feeding-time the dogs are always served before the men.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry
