Sentences with abusively
a·bu·sive
A a - An abusive author; abusive remarks.
- His abusive handling of the horse.
- This is not about punishment but about creating an atmosphere where people don' t have to worry about being abusively panhandled.
- No matter who you are, a wife who is treated abusively by her husband, an employee whose opinion isn't valued by co-workers or a boss.
- An abusive exercise of power.
- In Massachusetts and other states, such laws give police wide power to arrest someone acting abusively toward them in public.
- Salt prices contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy after it imposed and abusively enforced taxes on this basic commodity.