Sentence examples for been abusing from inspiring English sources
verb
To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse one's authority.
"Democrats have been abusing this process for a long time".
I daresay some restaurateurs have been abusing that," Roux said.
When the headteacher has been abusing you, who do you tell?
There, she meets a girl whose father has been abusing her in a sickeningly familiar way.
Detlef S had already been abusing his twin stepchildren, who are now 28.
The affidavit said there were indications while Mr. Kwiatkowski was working at Exeter that he may have been abusing drugs.
As The Times's letter to the Department outlines, police in our hometown have been abusing journalists, as well as protesters.
That fact that his insides rotted out shouldn't surprise anyone, since he's been abusing himself for decades".
Evidence is mounting fusion centres have been abusing their authority and violating law-abiding citizens' civil rights.
"One selector said I shouldn't be there because I'd been abusing the friendship and privileges at Gloucester ski club.
But a fellow soldier said he had warned the Army that the recruit had been abusing the drug.
