Sentence examples for were maltreated from inspiring English sources

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were maltreated

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To treat badly, to abuse.

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The more they were maltreated as children, the more likely they were to die prematurely.

Some studies had shown that people with a particular gene variant were more likely to become depressed if they were maltreated as children: the variant created a vulnerability.

"Of course, there were people who were maltreated during interrogations.

In the best study following children from an early age, nine out of 10 who were maltreated had developed a mental illness by the age of 18.

The apology in the Dáil (Irish parliament) came about two weeks after a damning 1,000-plus 1,000-plust was released detailing the way women and girls were maltreated inside the nun-controlled laundries.

In fact, the research found that children who were bullied were five times more likely to experience anxiety and twice as likely to talk of suffering from depression and self-harm as those who were maltreated at home.

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Half of the children in the day camp were selected because they had been maltreated (sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect, emotional maltreatment), whereas the other half was carefully selected to come from the same socioeconomic status but not have experienced any maltreatment.

In a study of childhood maltreatment prevalence across public service sectors, 77.6% of youth from the juvenile justice sample (n = 229) had reported being maltreated, with 57.3% having experienced multiple forms of maltreatment (Miller, Green, Fettes, & Aarons, 2011).

(There is a Church of PetrOleum, in league with the OilCorps; "Tex-Mex" illegals are maltreated).

"Bicycles have worked because they're simple, light, and could be maltreated," Mr. Fitzpatrick saidt.

The only remaining man, John Stanwood, is a bullying drunk, while the two children present are maltreated orphans.

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