Sentence examples for were misused from inspiring English sources

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were misused

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To use (something) incorrectly.

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He was not a councilman when the funds were misused.

"If it turns out state funds were misused, we'll address it".

"Only a small handful" of the companies they acted for were misused, he said.

To remediate someone at age 20 when their last 14 years were misused is really a chore.

The databases were originally intended for anti-drug intelligence, but were misused, officials explained, by zealous, "technologically challenged" commanders.

Chances were abundant in that period, however, and there was no cause to brood if some were misused.

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Confidential informers had been misused.

Anything can be misused".

They are misused; they are unfair.

"I thought it was misused".

And it is being misused".

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