Sentence examples for abusive toward from inspiring English sources

bashful (adj)., "being harsh or abusive toward someone" (K. Gray).

In moments of rage, Watson told me, his father was abusive toward him.

She said Sauer became verbally abusive toward her and her mother, and was increasingly introverted.

Dr. Jaczko denied being abusive toward co-workers and said that most of the allegations were news to him.

The R&B star has long been accused of being violent and sexually abusive toward women and underage girls.

The lawyers also questioned the father's fitness, saying he had been abusive toward Elian on the telephone.

And she's balanced in her approach to character, neither blinded by love for her creations, nor abusive toward them.

Emma eventually relented out of fear of her ex-husband, who had been abusive toward her in the past.

The friend and former adviser, David C. Fischer, accused Mr. Weaver of being abusive toward staff members and being difficult to work with.

Before that, Nancy Hansen told The Associated Press that the boy had been violent and abusive toward his mother in the United States.

-- hammered away at the abusive-toward-women charges, but Boxer and her allies were quick to deflect the accusations.