Sentence examples for close to abusive from inspiring English sources

If it becomes close to abusive, I call it out.

Examples are deaths of people close to you, abusive relationships, or other negative life-changing events.

Comments are "closed due to abusive spam (back soon)." My friend didn't notice the warning signs.

It's nice to think that during the interceding years they're the guys cranking out the Take Me Drunk I'm Homes and Pissing Calvins that brighten our trips to the mall, but the reality is probably a lot closer to the abusive dad in that movie where they give the little girl a beer and then she pees on the couch.

European antitrust regulators are considering a requirement that Microsoft sell two versions of Windows in Europe -- one with the music- and video-playing software stripped out -- should they find the company to be an abusive monopoly, people close to the case said Tuesday.

Cultural clashes have contributed to some of the insider attacks, with Afghan soldiers and police officers becoming enraged by what they see as rude and abusive behavior by Americans close to them.

And it is unreasonable to expect those who had a neglected or abusive childhood and were never close to their parents to suddenly act like loving, caring children when parents become old and infirm.

Where the videos centre on a female partner, they veer uncomfortably close to the controlling and coercive norms that often mark an abusive relationship.

He comes very close to admitting that his goal is to reduce all drinking - not just abusive drinking - as a means for attacking the alcohol beverage industry.

Nathan believes we should continue to promote spay/neuter and strongly supports efforts to close down abusive puppy mills but his big message is that we don't have to wait to pass these laws to begin to save lives today.

Yet there were a few abusive fans in the UAE the other day who did come close to feeling, if not the fist of God, then certainly the hand of God slapping across their jaws.