Sentence examples for abused being from inspiring English sources

Exposure to physical violence was strongly associated with the husband's characteristics such as witnessing his mother being abused, being unfaithful, using alcohol, fighting with other men, or stealing the woman's money.

Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., Democrat of Delaware, said on "This Week" on ABC that "based on the fact there's 30,000 of these letters, which is a stunner to me, it appears to me that this is, if not abused, being close to abused".

It's giving into this very thought -- they must like this -- that creates one more barrier to the abused being able to leave.

However, these methods are often abused, being applied to situations where the key assumption, that all animals in the survey plots are detected, is false.

Also abused was Carlos Tévez.

There have been examples of students with learning disabilities [who've been abused] being classed as unreliable witnesses because they can't name particular body parts".

"Abuse is a crime.

"My abuse was violent.

Lesser abuses are widespread.

But abuse is growing.

Substance abuse is pervasive.