How to Use mistreat in a Sentence

mistreat

verb
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • DeKalb said Devonte and one of his sisters had told him they were being mistreated.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Some said there had been a shortage of food while they were held, while others said they had been mistreated by their captors.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
  • His next-door neighbor, Elias, mistreats his dog constantly.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
  • He was not mistreated during detention, Son added, but described the conditions in which he was held as harsh.
    — Reuters, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024

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