Sentence examples for would be abusive from inspiring English sources

Mr. Lane contended that placing handcuffs on the Heenes, in the full glare of the news media and for their children to see, would be abusive to the youngsters.

In marriages or relationships the word to describe such a "partnership" would be "abusive".

She would be addressing women inmates, several of them in prison for violence -- against spouses, (who'd been abusive, often) and even against their own children.

But even though he'd been abusive toward her mother and neglected to maintain a relationship with her, Yalanis felt uncomfortable with the idea of her father remaining anonymous forever.

Would you be abusive to friends or strangers in a pub or bar?

One of the most curious strands in the early comments was tweeters predicting that there would soon be abusive tweets.

Trump, he added, would be "more abusive to the Constitution than Barack Obama".

The book, he said, would be another "abusive, destructive" act, a brash distillation of an entire art form.

Never use discipline that would be considered abusive, manipulative, or overly controlling if it were used on a non-autistic child.

Her parents had arranged the marriage, not suspecting that her husband would turn out to be abusive.

You know that if that had been happening, if people had been using the transgender rights issue to be abusive, we'd know it.