Sentence examples for abuse acquired from inspiring English sources

In an instant, an animal hitherto regarded as dumb, and unable to protest its abuse, acquired a voice capable of delivering a melodious, fluid, abstract threnody.

In an interview today in Izvestia, he said "tax evasion and other abuses acquired a mass scale and became routine" in Russia's early years, and so it was natural for those who benefited from the loose rules of the time to oppose a crackdown now.

One of Obama's expected actions would make it harder for people convicted of domestic abuse to acquire guns.

House Republicans say that some women have taken advantage of the confidentiality by fraudulently claiming abuse to acquire residency status.

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Paediatricians faced with a child with concerning bruising must distinguish between accidental bruising, physical child abuse and congenital or acquired bleeding disorders.

This program would prevent prescription drug abusers from acquiring excess prescription drugs - which they may abuse or illegally re-sell -- by barring them from visiting multiple doctors and pharmacies.

For example, a participant who had just emerged from an abusive relationship and divorce, described how her depression and self-blame (for the abuse and for acquiring a chronic disease) resulted in her stopping her blood pressure lowering medication, "as a way of punishing myself".

Health hazards to prostitutes include sexually transmitted diseases, some of which may be acquired through drug abuse.

Egypt's interim government issued subpoenas to the former leader and his sons over the weekend, compelling them to testify in court over claims that they illicitly acquired wealth and abused their power during Mubarak's three-decade reign over the Arab world's most populous nation.

This take-no-prisoners attitude is not limited to Chechnya, as activists have raised the alarm about abuses in Russia's newly acquired Crimean peninsula as well.