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Example sentences for: misused

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

Carey was barred, say the papers, because he misused his power by tolerating and engaging in various laundering schemes to funnel money from his union's general fund to his own election effort.
Everyone has a pet peeve, be it a misused word, an unusual pronunciation, or what have you.
In the Willey case, appointment to a federal board and a trip to a conference in Indonesia raise the question of whether the president misused government resources.
He got it, and almost ran out of breath as he rattled off a lengthy list of the accusations against Nixon, including that he 'misused the FBI, [and] the Secret Service, to conduct unlawful wiretapping of American citizens [and] maintained a secret unit in the White House to violate the constitutional rights of citizens.
Rejecting the political neutrality of the Red Cross, the group is often outspoken about the injustices its members see; the organization was expelled from Ethiopia in 1985, and withdrew from Rwanda in 1994 because aid was being misused.