ill-use
verb (used with object)
to treat badly, unjustly, cruelly, etc.
ill-using
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present participleof ill-use.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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You'd have thought they would have been sick of ill-using me and following me by this time—wouldn't you, now?
From My Friend The Murderer by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
On one occasion, while out walking not far from his home, he encountered some men who were ill-using a fallen horse.
From George Borrow in East Anglia by William A. (William Alfred) Dutt
Some girl must have been ill-using him, or he imagines that she has.
From The Beetle by Richard Marsh
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
When it came to Valetta Joe's turn, he stoutly denied the charge of defrauding and ill-using the lad.
From The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood by Arthur Griffiths
