Example sentences for: abusive

How can you use “abusive” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • "There won't be a suitable apartment until they have thrown out those vile 'youtres ' [an abusive term for Jews] who encumber us," he wrote to a fellow naval officer.

  • Today billingsgate is used to mean foul and abusive language:

  • Leaving her abusive husband, she moved into the only apartment she could afford, and soon discovered a broken toilet and non- working oven, rats and roaches, and a fourthfloor landing with no railing.

  • Some are trying to escape eviction or an abusive marriage.

  • I was adopted and grew up in a very abusive home.


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