How to Use abuse in a Sentence

abuse

1 of 2 noun

• The prisoner hurled abuse at the judge.
• She was subjected to every term of abuse her boss could think of.
• He subjected his wife to physical and emotional abuse.
• None of your child abuse stuff.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2026
• None of your child-abuse stuff.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2026
• Not about [the abuse], just in life.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
• Four said they were told to make up their claims of abuse.
  — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
• No one should ever have to face abuse alone.
  — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
• Was there abuse in the grand jury process?
  — Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
• But at the heart of it was a gross abuse of power.
  — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
• The girl was 7 and 8 during the time of the abuse.
  — Ryanne Mena, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
• The abuse however, is said to go back years.
  — Shindy Chen, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2026
• The list of abuses of power is long.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
• The question is not whether abuse happens in the church.
  — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
• The next hearing in the elder abuse case is set for next week.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
• But this isn’t simply an abuse of power.
  — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
• But this isn’t simply an abuse of power.
  — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
• Much of that abuse happened at home, online.
  — Natalia Paradies, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
• The judge handed down 40 years in prison for corpse abuse.
  — Maria Braganini, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
• None said their children told them about the abuses.
  — Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
• The scale of this abuse is staggering.
  — James Gelfand, STAT, 20 Mar. 2026
• Hildebrandt was also charged with six counts of felony child abuse.
  — Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2023
• She is charged with fourth-degree assault – child abuse.
  — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
• One of the victims is said to have been 7 years old when the abuse began.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
• But that was not the full extent of the abuse captured on camera.
  — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
• This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power.
  — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2025
• Savage was arrested and now faces one charge of child abuse.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
• Suarez is charged with child abuse and neglect and threats of extortion.
  — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
• He is charged with eight counts of child abuse without great bodily harm.
  — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
• Each has their own heart-wrenching story of abuse and misery.
  — Mick Krever, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025

abuse

2 of 2 verb

• She abused her friend's trust.
• He abused his body with years of heavy drinking.
• He had abused his first car by not taking care of it.
• He abused my confidence by letting this secret be known.
• He was accused of sexually abusing a child.
• Many of us were abused by them.
  — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
• She was abused to hell and back.
  — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
• The word agentic has been abused to hell.
  — PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
• All went on to abuse more children.
  — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
• Andrews claimed she had been abused and feared for her life.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
• The business groups just don’t want to get abused any more.
  — Sal Rodriguez, Daily News, 28 May 2026
• At least 10 girls were abused, some as young as 9 years old.
  — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026
• He was not abused or neglected in any way.
  — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026
• This policy does not open the door to abuse.
  — Jeffrey Prang, Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
• And that same huge store of data can be abused in other ways.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2023
• Each man went on to abuse again, criminal records show.
  — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
• But it’s being abused, and the guardrails are flimsy at best.
  — Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
• The look that Asa gives in that very first shot, that’s a kid who’s been abused.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2023
• So, hopefully the dress code isn’t abused.
  — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
• And, of course, at some level, you can’t be abused like that and not have some anger.
  — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
• Most of the men were abused after 2018.
  — Tony Cook, IndyStar, 19 Aug. 2025
• Kelly abused the three girls in the 1990s.
  — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
• Every day on this Earth, children are abused.
  — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
• Ray tells a graphic story about his revenge on a priest who abused him.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 7 Oct. 2025
• Lynn has tried to warn people about the older brother who abused her.
  — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 20 July 2026
• But the temptation to abuse these tools is always there.
  — Ashanty Rosario, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2025
• Harding said the Democrats are abusing the process.
  — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2026
• LeBron does not abuse that celebrity.
  — The Athletic Peak Staff, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
• Jose Menendez never abused those kids.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
• Your husband may not be beating you, but that does not mean you aren’t being abused.
  — Jeanne Phillips, Dallas Morning News, 10 Jan. 2026