ill-using
- present participle of ill-use.
Example Sentences
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These are his sisters too, and I've been ill-using them. etc.
From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by Turner, George
Then seizing Himboldt by the collar, he accused him of flinging away from the cart the servant who, by his orders, was unbinding the horses, and otherwise ill-using him.
From Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various
But Choo strictly forbade plundering, and any of his band caught robbing or ill-using the people met with prompt and summary punishment.
From China by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
Then they all sallied out and found the Magian who had slaughtered and skinned a camel, ill-using the young Moslem, and saying to him, "Sit thee in this hide."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Theodore also believed that by ill-using Mr. Stern he would please his "Gaffat children," therefore, immediately after Mr. Stern's imprisonment, he wrote to them saying, "I have chained your enemy and mine."
From Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia with Some Account of the Late Emperor the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People by Blanc, Dr. Henri
