Sentence examples for it abusive from inspiring English sources

"The environment – yes, I think I would call it abusive.

If he was confronted with a mother doing exactly that to her child, I'm sure James would consider it abusive.

The parents didn't want to smack - some because they thought it abusive; others because they did smack and it wasn't working - yet each said they were stumped as to what else to do.

Particularly galling to Williams: Promoters continued to push Son of Boss variations after the Treasury had pronounced it abusive, and they may even be doing so today, he says.

"Even if a name is fairly normal, a determined teaser can modify it or add a word to make it abusive".

In Diary of A Mad Black Woman, Kimberly Elise decides to leave her attorney husband (who was also is, guess it: abusive and controlling) for a nice urban factory worker in her small town.

"Very soon, it's hard for outsiders to penetrate that bond and hard for her to withdraw from it, even if it's abusive".

It is gambling, and it is abusive.

The SEC has no problem with short-selling in principle, unless it's abusive or manipulative -- just as it has no problem with buying long, if it's not abusive or manipulative.

"I use the word torture very cautiously," she says, "but I had moments in which I felt it was abusive and more intense than it should be".

And if it exploits or damages another, it is abusive and possibly evil.