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Examples of mistreat in a Sentence
They accuse him of mistreating his wife.
She claimed she had been mistreated by the police.
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The crowd that descended on UCLA was inflamed by posts on social media and in private group chats that said Jewish students were being mistreated, blocked from parts of campus and even attacked.
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Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
Former social media director Claudia Michelle first announced her resignation over the weekend, in an Instagram post that accused the organization of mistreating all three of them.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 May 2024
She was mistreated and abused in every way shape and form there was.
—Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
Hearing Swift sing about mistreated ingenues over shots of pretty girls all dressed in white anxiously hoping to be plucked out of the crowd by a worthy suitor, will leave you wondering how far society has actually come in 150 years.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 3 May 2024
That regulation applies to any health care — not just care related to their gender — so a trans person with a broken arm can't be mistreated in the E.R., for example.
—Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 29 Apr. 2024
More than one in eight women report feeling mistreated during childbirth, according to a new study from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
This was the case for Midge, who had been adopted by a woman who mistreated her, locking her up or withholding food.
—Alex Kotlowitz, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2024
Prominent institutions in the United States are also grappling with their histories of mistreating Indigenous people and artifacts in the pursuit of scientific research, including many violations that have only recently come to light.
—Leo Sands, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
Former social media director Claudia Michelle first announced her resignation over the weekend, in an Instagram post that accused the organization of mistreating all three of them.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 May 2024
She was mistreated and abused in every way shape and form there was.
—Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
Hearing Swift sing about mistreated ingenues over shots of pretty girls all dressed in white anxiously hoping to be plucked out of the crowd by a worthy suitor, will leave you wondering how far society has actually come in 150 years.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 3 May 2024
That regulation applies to any health care — not just care related to their gender — so a trans person with a broken arm can't be mistreated in the E.R., for example.
—Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 29 Apr. 2024
More than one in eight women report feeling mistreated during childbirth, according to a new study from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
This was the case for Midge, who had been adopted by a woman who mistreated her, locking her up or withholding food.
—Alex Kotlowitz, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2024
Prominent institutions in the United States are also grappling with their histories of mistreating Indigenous people and artifacts in the pursuit of scientific research, including many violations that have only recently come to light.
—Leo Sands, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
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“Mistreat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mistreat. Accessed 15 May. 2024.
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