ill-use
verb (used with object)
to treat badly, unjustly, cruelly, etc.
were ill-using
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past progressiveof ill-use.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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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
It seems that Mrs. Ruiz has some evidence which proves that the Spaniards were ill-using Dr. Ruiz.
From The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1. No. 21, April 1, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Julia Truitt Bishop
