Example Sentences

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They argued that people will misuse the benefit, creating bigger problems for businesses struggling with staffing.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2022

“What I worry about is that employers will misuse this,” Rutherford says.

From The Verge • May 7, 2020

“There’s always going to be a community of bad people who will misuse it,” he said.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2020

“This article will misuse quotes from ‘sources’ that will claim to have ‘intimate’ knowledge of my personal life.

From Fox News • Oct. 15, 2018

"You will not accept my offer because you are afraid that when the effect of these beans has worn off, you will misuse the wealth which will come to you—is that it?"

From The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)