Sentence examples of "abusing" in English

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Translations: all9 abuser9
You are abusing your authority. Tu abuses de ton autorité.
The section chief seems to like abusing his authority. On dirait que le chef de service aime abuser de son autorité.
The guild leader relegated Vince to a lesser officer because he was abusing his power. Le chef de la guilde relégua Vince à une position de sous-officier parce qu'il abusait de son pouvoir.
The king abused his power. Le roi a abusé de son pouvoir.
We can only abuse of things that are good. On ne peut abuser que de choses qui sont bonnes.
How long, O Catiline, will you abuse our patience? Jusqu'à quand, Catilina, abuseras-tu de notre patience ?
The notorious dictator abused his privileges to his heart's content. Le dictateur notoire abusait de ses privilèges autant qu'il le désirait.
I tried to give him some advice, but he just abused me violently. J'ai essayé de lui donner un conseil, mais il m'a juste abusé violemment.
It seems that the policeman in this TV series is a dirty cop who abuses his authority. Il semble que le flic de cette série télé soit un ripou qui abuse de son autorité.
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