handle roughly

Frequency: 6.04.5 per million words

To touch or move something in a rough or violent way.

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Examples (10)

  • Many of the prisoners were roughly handled; some were killed.
  • Fragile items should never be handled roughly during shipping.
  • The police were accused of handling the protesters roughly.
  • If you handle the equipment roughly, it will eventually break.
  • The suspect claimed he was handled roughly by the guards.
  • Please do not handle the antique books so roughly.
  • The children were warned not to handle the small puppy roughly.
  • Some of the old manuscripts had been handled roughly over the years.
  • He handled the delicate machinery roughly, causing a malfunction.
  • The luggage was handled roughly by the airport ground crew.