Sentence examples for Abuse from high-quality English sources.

• The spectrum of child abuse is wide.

• The longer abuse goes on, the more damaging its effects.

• The Saudi government has denied that any physical abuse took place there.

• Similarly, use child sexual abuse images or child abuse images rather than “child pornography”, “child porn” and especially the tabloid “kiddy porn”.

• Reports of sexual abuse rose 18-fold between 1976 and 1985.

• Animal abuse may present a risk of child abuse and be predictive of future violence or threats against other human victims.

• In the UK, calls to the national abuse hotline went up by 65% this weekend, according to the domestic abuse commissioner for England and Wales.

• We have seen an explosion of domestic abuse during the pandemic with increased severity of abuse experienced by callers to our Live Fear Free helpline.

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• The Professional Footballers’ Association condemned the alleged abuse: “We are disappointed by what appears to be racist abuse from fans at the Manchester derby.

• The legislation would mean domestic abuse no longer solely refers to actions which are physically violent and would now encompass psychological and financial abuse.

• Campaigners argue it is especially important mental health services ask about domestic abuse given the high rates of violence and abuse suffered by those who access them.

• The historical sense is that it basically means, kind of, serious political crimes, sort of crimes against the state, crimes that involve abuse of office, abuse of power, abuse of trust.

• In the wake of the Catholic church’s ongoing child sex-abuse scandal, as well as other high-profile abuse cases, many states have revised their statutes of limitation for abuse and assault.

• In January, the government revealed that it would include economic abuse, as well as non-physical abuse, in a new definition of domestic abuse contained in its draft Domestic Abuse Bill.

• Child abuse lawyer David Greenwood, in addition to ending “out of time”, wants an independent statutory body to license those who work with children, enforce safeguarding standards and deal with abuse complaints plus mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse.

• In Geneva on Thursday, advocates against clerical abuse announced the formation of a new international group, End Clergy Abuse, and demanded that Pope Francis bring back plans to create a Vatican tribunal to hold bishops accountable for covering up or failing to root out abuse.

Abuse sentence examples

• Domestic abuse affects one in four women and one in six men in their lifetimes, and now Serena Williams has come together with Purple Purse by the Allstate Foundation to create a powerful video highlighting the invisible signs of domestic abuse - and financial abuse in particular.

• Natasha talks to Nicole Jacobs, Domestic Abuse Commissioner in England and Wales, 'Jane', a domestic abuse survivor in Scotland, Detective Inspector Steven McMillan from Scotland's National Domestic Abuse Task Force and Caroline Nokes MP, Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee.

• "Children will benefit from a number of measures included in the Domestic Abuse Bill and the designated Domestic Abuse Commissioner has been appointed to encourage good practice in, amongst other things, the provision of protection and support for children affected by domestic abuse," it added.

• The report was drawn up by the charity Level Up, which campaigns to end sexism; domestic abuse campaigner David Challen; and Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA) a charity offering specialist and expert advocacy, peer support and a centre for excellence for reviews after fatal domestic abuse.