Sentence examples for mere abuse from inspiring English sources

The racist abuse they shouted was downgraded to mere "abuse".

She must not sink to the level of mere abuse, as is popular in Australian politics, but must continue to present herself as being imperturbable.

And he was capable of stooping to mere abuse when attacking other dissidents, particularly other Arab dissidents and, most particularly, Iraqi and Kurdish ones, with whom he did not agree.

Two more well-known women on Twitter have received bomb threats, as the historian Mary Beard called for repeated threats of violence and death against her and other women using the site to be distinguished from mere abuse.

The erosion of the public sphere and spirit is potentially much more damaging to the public and national interest than the mere abuse of taxpayer dollars.

Although he planned a novel in the same tradition, Balzac disliked the term "fantastic", referring to it once as "the vulgar program of a genre in its first flush of newness, to be sure, but already too much worn by the mere abuse of the word".

He admitted that judges were human beings who could get things wrong, adding: "It is perfectly legitimate to criticise judges if you disagree with the decision they've come to but what was to my mind outrageous about the Daily Mail coverage is it was mere vitriolic abuse.

One man's resistance is another man's terrorism (and both may be right; the linguistic trouble arises when they are not, and the meaningful terrorism is broadened into a mere term of abuse).And so on, and on.

What began as a fascinating social experiment, highlighted by Nasty Nick Bateman's brilliant strategy of, well, cheating, has become a mere shadow, the abuse of a few puppets desperate for a moment in the spotlight.

The unit became "self-correcting," as one officer reported, and evaluations noted that the conduct of guards went beyond the mere absence of abuse to stellar levels of care and professionalism.

A caution or, in some cases, the mere suspicion of child abuse may be enough.Advocates of keeping lists and restricting employment point out that the sexual abuse of children is a horrendous crime which can lead to a lifetime of anguish.