Sentence examples for abusive phrase from inspiring English sources

In Ryle's deliberately abusive phrase, the mind, as the dualist conceives of it, is a 'ghost in a machine'.

He was questioned about his involvement in distributing propaganda containing lots of "abusive phrases" about his predecessor John Biggs.

These were just a few of the abusive phrases I heard young women, ages 15-18, hurl at young men at the now-defunct Brotherhood-Sisterhood Camp in the mountains near LA.

Neither the group nor the books advocate anything illegal, though the practices of the group are (to borrow a phrase) 'spiritually abusive.' Is it morally defensible to sell books that were props for an oppressive group?

It's not that the phrase is abusive, it's that the phrase is limiting -- and frankly, confusing for a small child.

This is perhaps most pithily expressed in the phrase many abusive men use to justify violence against women: "she was asking for it".

While leading his hand-picked players through a tight rendition of Hank Levy's titular song, Fletcher becomes increasingly abusive toward the new recruit, the phrase "not quite my tempo" turning inexorably from a gentle admonishment to a terrifying threat.

Under the Supreme Court's precedents, sexual harassment is actionable only if it is "so severe and pervasive as to alter the conditions of employment and create an abusive working environment," as the court phrased it in a 1998 decision.

The phrase has become a rallying cry for those protesting abusive police tactics and how law enforcement treats black people.

The phrase can have passive aggressive connotations, and can be caustically used to end transactions with abusive customers.

(And, curiously enough the phrase "fuck off dishface" appears entirely absent, which may be down to Twitter's earlier attempts to quell abusive trolling).