Sentence examples for less abusive from inspiring English sources

This would be grounds for cynicism were it not that when power is abused there eventually surfaces a less abusive and therefore ultimately more powerful alternative.

As wrong and abusive and distressing as your ex's behavior is, this type of harassment is not the sufficient in most court cases to necessitate a restraining order yet it's no less abusive to you or your children than more overt physical abuse.

Moreover, I think answering is not the most effective way to make humans less abusive; simply answering "I can not handle that request" or just ignoring human abuse might be more effective UX.

It's worth noting that the hunters were no less abusive than the pols.

They said that there was less abusive behavior this year and that the alcohol ban was responsible.

It's complicated – tax always is – so I offer this link – less abusive than most – to acknowledge the point.

Modeling abusive behavior does not often lead to less abuse.

The chief inspector, Nick Hardwick, said such behaviour could "never be less than abusive given the vulnerability of the detained population".

Less physically abusive is the segment in which Mr. Knoxville puts a rubber penis in his pants and proceeds to traverse the highways and byways of greater Los Angeles in a happy-go-lucky way, and in what appears to be a tumescent state.

"Berndt touched students in many ways, ranging from highly assaulting" their genitals and breasts "to other contacts with less obviously abusive implications," Wiley wrote in the summary of the sheriff's findings.

Mr. Bowman is less tolerant of abusive owners.