How to Use mistreat in a Sentence

mistreat

verb

• She claimed she had been mistreated by the police.
• They accuse him of mistreating his wife.
• Don’t exploit or mistreat the refugee, the orphan, and the widow.
  — Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 4 Aug. 2022
• When somebody mistreats you, go out of your way to be kind.
  — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2019
• At the time, the owner of the ship denied having mistreated the crew in any way.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
• The first involved one of the girls telling him they were being mistreated.
  — Madison Park, CNN, 12 Apr. 2018
• The rich can kick up a fuss when they are mistreated by police.
  — The Economist, 8 Mar. 2018
• She was mistreated and abused in every way shape and form there was.
  — Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
• Oliver was sentenced for one of the counts -- for mistreating her 12-year-old.
  — oregonlive.com, 26 June 2019
• Hilton and others at the protest vowed to push forward until all schools that mistreat youth are shut down.
  — Brady McCombs and Lindsay Whitehurst, Star Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
• If forgotten or mistreated, the dead turn against the people who are meant to take care of them.
  — Carlo Gabuco, National Geographic, 9 Apr. 2019
• The lawsuit is the latest to accuse the county of mistreating inmates at the jail.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 10 July 2019
• If someone is mistreating you in ANY way, please speak up.
  — Lilian Min, Cosmopolitan, 6 July 2017
• When a foreigner resides among you in a land, do not mistreat them.
  — Jon Kelvey, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 13 July 2019
• This may lead us to think: why do people let themselves be mistreated in this way?
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
• The move came after some over the years criticized him for mistreating his artists.
  — Jonathan Landrum Jr., Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023
• When asked about the #MeToo movement, Vanessa said she's been mistreated and has learned how to stand up for herself.
  — Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue, 3 Jan. 2020
• When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them.
  — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 6 Sep. 2017
• The stunt was meant to support critics of SeaWorld who assert that the park mistreats its orcas.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
• The Supreme Court doesn’t want to see people mistreated like this in their final moments.
  — Jessica Gresko, The Seattle Times, 30 Mar. 2019
• The paper said he had been accused of mistreating women for more than two decades.
  — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
• Yet, when the statement was typed, the pronoun was changed to suggest that Bamber felt he’d been mistreated.
  — Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
• One of the Hart children tells DeKalb that she is being mistreated by her parents.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 5 Apr. 2018
• Is there a saying about those who are confused about history and doomed to mistreat it?
  — wsj.com, 11 May 2023
• There were other children living in the house, but there were no signs they had been mistreated, Corbin said.
  — Fox News, 16 Nov. 2019
• She was mistreated, held back from going to school, and forced to work for the family who was hosting her.
  — Caterina Clerici & Eléonore Hamelin, Marie Claire, 1 Feb. 2019
• His mother, Cheri, has often said he has been mistreated in the media.
  — Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com, 8 Feb. 2018
• To show your love to one another, rather than just saying it and then mistreating each other, not to do it that way.
  — Shady Grove Oliver, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Jan. 2020
• Surprisingly, however, this latest season might be the turning point in Love Is Blind's rocky history of mistreating Black women on the show.
  — Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 8 Oct. 2024
• If the phrasing of the initial meeting was as reported, then your friend was already mistreated when told, rather than requested, to modify her (necessary, normal) behavior.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024