How to Use abused in a Sentence

abused

adjective

• The abused cell releases heat and flammable chemicals, affecting other cells.
  — Joann Muller, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024
• Rental cars are the fastest and most abused cars on the road.
  — Jeremy Lott, Washington Examiner, 14 May 2020
• The case shows that more needs to be done to protect abused children, Roth said.
  — Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Seattle Times, 24 July 2017
• William Levin looked at one of the most abused notions in the climate-change debate: time.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 18 Dec. 2020
• And Kate Rose Reynolds plays multiple roles, from an abused maid to a king.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
• The words landed like those of an abuser telling the abused that his blows are leveled out of love.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
• Helping abused children has been a big drive in my life.
  — Angela Dawson, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
• The parents of the abused boy are members of KidsCycle.
  — Crocker Stephenson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2018
• Yes, the abused baby and his parents need their support.
  — Crocker Stephenson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2018
• Spurred by an emergency call from an abused woman, Lenker claws her way to the truth.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
• Since her release, Challen has vowed to fight for abused women sentenced to life in prison.
  — Elian Peltier, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2020
• Both hope their art will give voice to the millions of abused prisoners in Russia.
  — Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2017
• But what has been good for business also turned out to be bad for abused children.
  — New York Times, 17 Aug. 2021
• Their two youngest children were sent to a home for abused and neglected children.
  — Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Mar. 2024
• Through a poetic language, the film relates the encounter between the woman and the abused child.
  — Martin Dale, Variety, 3 Dec. 2021
• The paper trails aren’t being made, but the bodies of abused women are telling the real story.
  — Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2020
• Henry said his client wanted to be a voice for other abused children.
  — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Dec. 2021
• An abused dog is fighting for a second chance at life after he was found with a bullet wound in his head in Youngstown, Ohio.
  — Giovana Gelhoren, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2022
• Peyton played the younger version of an abused woman who was forced to make child pornography.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 13 Oct. 2022
• Much ends up in Lake Okeechobee, a place considered by many the watery but much abused heart of the Everglades.
  — Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2022
• Two local service groups have been working for 20 years to help abused women start new lives.
  — Emily Sorensen, Pomerado News, 11 Oct. 2017
• The children who died Saturday were in a van for a youth home for abused or neglected children.
  — Fox News, 21 June 2021
• The last Sunday of April is recognized as the national day of prayer for abused children and those who rescue them.
  — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Apr. 2021
• Connie is an abused and spoiled person, and that’s a rare combination.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 22 Mar. 2022
• Makenzie Nevarez, an abused baby girl who was brain dead six months after she was born, will never take her first step.
  — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2023
• Saying abuse didn’t happen, or that an abused partner caused abuse to happen to themselves.
  — cleveland, 5 May 2022
• That abused tradition and Palin refused to appoint her.
  — Paul Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2018
• Women are the largest consumers on social media across the board, but also the most abused population across the board.
  — Valentina Zarya, Fortune, 2 May 2018
• That the abused can become the abuser is not a revelation, but the way this story plays out is stranger and less straightforward than that.
  — Melinda Henneberger, kansascity, 2 Mar. 2018
• Mothers of abused children, who collude through silence.
  — Roxana Robinson, TIME, 18 July 2024

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024