Example Sentences

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“If people continue maltreating the sacred lake like this, it will expand again and drown all the villages and towns around it.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2024

"Why are you harassing him and why are you maltreating not only him, but his family and an entire nation that is free and proud."

From Fox News • Jan. 15, 2022

"The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone," Huxley wrote in the novel.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2016

McDermott, who was not implicated in the SOS scandal, was charged with four department violations, including bringing discredit on the department and disrespecting or maltreating a person on or off duty.

From Chicago Tribune • Oct. 17, 2014

Good heavens!" he cried, stung by the way fate was maltreating him, "I have never experienced anything like this before.

From The Adventures of Sally by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)