Sentence examples for mean to abuse from inspiring English sources

A bystanding staff member would in such a situation understand that the patient might feel abused, and at the same time know that the 'harsh' staff member did not mean to abuse the patient.

When you are in a better mood, explain that when you were younger things were not so great for you; that your feelings might have followed you to adulthood and you really don't mean to abuse anyone.

None of the trio is ever in character – every sketch is just a means to abuse one another, or draft in unscripted gags to crack each other up.

"Hands are not meant to abuse, but to cherish and protect children," said UNICEF Representative to Malaysia Hans Olsen.

"When, President Obama, do you mean to cease abusing our patience?" Cruz declared in a speech modelled on Cicero's First Oration Against Catiline to the Roman Senate.

That goes from the hard-line Republican senator for Texas, Ted Cruz, who just last year started his attack on Barack Obama's immigration plans with the words, "When, President Obama, do you mean to cease abusing our patience?", to protesters against the government in Hungary a couple of years before who emblazoned banners with just the words Quousque tandem.

After three months they sort of understood that I didn't have a bathroom and I was able to use their facilities for free which to me was a huge win as it meant not having to abuse my entire fleet of credit cards I used to fund my newborn company.

To abuse means to mistreat, maltreat, ill-treat, treat badly, ill-use or misuse.

Furthermore, the tribunal panel of independent legal minds hired by the English Football Association did not have to decide whether Terry meant to racially abuse Ferdinand — it simply had to prove that he said the words at all.

Getting aroused by what's depicted in Fifty Shades doesn't necessarily mean you harbor secret urges to abuse or be abused.

And that can mean they're also freer to abuse others and to share their true thoughts, even those they wouldn't admit to in public.