How to Use verbal abuse in a Sentence

verbal abuse

noun

• Members of the crowd hurled threats and verbal abuse at the officers.
  — Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2024
• Members of the Yeezy team experienced verbal abuse, burnout, and low morale, and many quit their jobs.
  — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2024
• Long hours, student loan debt, verbal abuse from angry owners and the emotional toll of the job all play a part.
  — Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Apr. 2023
• Others saw signs of physical or verbal abuse and said red flags were raised to police and state social services over the years.
  — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2024
• Greenlee said this often leads to verbal abuse from customers.
  — Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 18 May 2024
• Among the demands of the union is the right to defend themselves against customer aggression, as well as freedom from verbal abuse from colleagues.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2023
• Bell was also accused of physical and verbal abuse by an ex-girlfriend in 2020.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 21 May 2024
• That chat can go from helpful strategizing to verbal abuse very quickly.
  — Anja Webb, Parents, 14 June 2024
• The study was put out by Words Matter, a charity devoted to ending verbal abuse.
  — Elisa Cinelli, Parents, 19 Sep. 2023
• Patients hurl verbal abuse at Michelle Ravera every day in the emergency room.
  — Sejal Parekh, Sacramento Bee, 1 Apr. 2024
• Some complained about the verbal abuse to Adidas higher-ups, according to several members of the team.
  — Megan Twohey, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• Christians in the Old City are regularly the target of spitting and verbal abuse by Orthodox Jews.
  — Lauren Izso, Brahim Dahman and Ibrahim Hazboun, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
• Falling short on your promises will lead to financial trouble or verbal abuse.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2024
• But in recent times, the value of goods as well as the severity of offenses, often involving verbal abuse, have jumped.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
• Taylor had filed for divorce the month prior, citing physical and verbal abuse.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 9 June 2023
• During pregame infield practice, Robinson was taking his usual verbal abuse from the crowd.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• The two split in July 2011 after Taylor filed for divorce, citing physical and verbal abuse.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 29 June 2023
• In a separate incident in 2020, Bell was accused of physical and verbal abuse by an ex-girlfriend.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024
• Non-contact forms of violence include online and verbal abuse.
  — Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
• The project was previously being produced by Joel Silver but Silver was fired in November over claims of verbal abuse.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2024
• Others empathized with her for having to endure verbal abuse and hostile behavior from her father.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 22 June 2023
• After all, as the Bravo editors helpfully remind us, Rachel has also gone on podcasts to accuse James of verbal abuse.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 18 Apr. 2024
• The custody battle took a dark turn in late April when Mai unleashed a slew of allegations of neglect, domestic violence and verbal abuse against her then-husband in a 117-page response.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
• By 2020, the Shockers had fully melted down with eight players in the transfer portal and coach Gregg Marshall ousted amid allegations of physical and verbal abuse.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2023
• The domestic terrorist attacks and assassinations that plagued the country in the ’60s and ’70s has given way to incendiary rhetoric and verbal abuse.
  — Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 July 2024
• After the match, racist comments were left on the 25-year-old Upamecano’s Instagram page, including verbal abuse and monkey and gorilla emojis.
  — George Ramsay, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
• Kitchens are a notoriously difficult environment to be immersed in, and more and more people are opting out of the low pay, grueling hours, and verbal abuse that have come to define back-of-house work.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2023
• Cam Newbauer resigned during the summer of 2021 after allegation of mental and verbal abuse.
  — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2023
• The West Ada School District’s policy on bullying prohibits physical and verbal abuse.
  — Sarah Cutler and, Idaho Statesman, 18 July 2024
• Receiving verbal abuse is part of a professional athlete’s job, especially on the road.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024