Helena, who earns £150 a week as a machine operator, said: 'I have been treated abominably, like an irresponsible child, not a customer who made a very small mistake.'

And he had ample reason to throw a tantrum: he was treated abominably.

I have been most shamefully, most abominably treated.

The employees were treated abominably: one owner allegedly tied a bus conductor to a tree and spanked the poor man for failing to bring in the targeted collection for the day.

It is treated abominably in relation to translations, which are down at the bottom of the list.

Pets are cherished, but cattle is often still treated abominably.

We see only too often that it is these very minority groups which are treated abominably and have no rights whatsoever.

He told her of the prospects of the furniture business, and of the situation of his old mother, who had been treated abominably by certain relatives.

Countless children are beaten, starved, isolated and treated abominably by family members and caretakers.

Michael Reed, his lawyer, told the hearing that he had been "treated abominably".