Sentencedict.com
 Directly to word page Vague search(google)
Home > Oppressive in a sentence

Oppressive in a sentence

  up(4)  down(2)
Sentence count:136+6Posted:2017-02-23Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: burdensomedictatorialdomineeringharshoverbearingseveretyrannicalunjustSimilar words: oppressionexpressiveimpressiveoppressoppressoroppressedsuppressionaggressiveMeaning: [ə'presɪv]  adj. 1. weighing heavily on the senses or spirit 2. marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior. 
Random good picture Not show
61, This oppressive measure on the part of the authority aroused much anger among writers.
62, That is certainly a clear message about the power of tradition, even when it is biased and oppressive.
63, Some of the most oppressive states in the world have written constitutions.
64, Under other circumstances she might have found it avuncular but now it was oppressive.
65, The thesis is to show the tragic consequences of parents who are oppressive and inflexible in their relationship with their children.
66, I feel the silence more than hear it; it feels cold, oppressive, alien.
67, Life in Cairo often manages to work even under the oppressive condi-tions of poverty and rapid population growth.
68, But was the grand narrative of modern art ever so oppressive?
69, The basic rule of oppressive disability representation assumes the social non-worth of an impairment or the person with an impairment.
70, Indeed, one chronicler suggests that a rising against the oppressive behaviour of royal officials might easily have occurred.
70, Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and create good sentences.
71, This shop is surely an outpost of hell, with its oppressive heat and dense clouds of smoke.
72, It has a smell to it, that word -- musky and oppressive, like dead flowers in a vase.
73, Even now, in the small hours of the morning, the air in her small cabin was still warm and oppressive.
74, In the complete and oppressive silence of his tomb, John listened for the sound of rescuers.
75, She could sense the rising tension in the room, almost as oppressive as the scent of all the flowers.
76, The fact that this singular, somewhat oppressive female was seeking out a religious man seemed absurd.
77, Tired of this paternalistic and oppressive regime, Beida students aired their complaints over several evenings in mid-December.
78, To this day the building has a remarkable power in a modern city of concrete skyscrapers and oppressive traffic.
79, The road back towards the shops and bars melts into water, thanks to the oppressive dry heat.
80, A degree of statutory definition has been enacted in the past, without any noticeable subsequent insuperable or oppressive difficulties.
81, Regulation can vary from laissez-faire to the oppressive and capricious.
82, He could think of nothing but the oppressive bulk in the seat next to him.
83, An oppressive silence fell upon the room.
84, Oh, how oppressive this continual delirium is.
85, The Gaels were a military and oppressive aristocracy.
86, The little room was windowless and oppressive.
87, They went on strike against the oppressive regulation.
88, Yet Mr Bashir's oppressive government is not popular outside Khartoum.
89, The air had been stale and oppressive; now fresh winds were blowing.
90, Piriformis syndrome is characterized by painful thigh and sciatica caused by piriformis muscle strain, inflammatory reaction or stimulation and oppressive sciatica.
More similar words: oppressionexpressiveimpressiveoppressoppressoroppressedsuppressionaggressiveregressiveprogressivesuppressapprehensiveexcessiverecessivesuppressorsuppressantpressingprogressivismdepressioncompressionexpressionimpressionrepressioninexpressiblepassivemassivesubmissivelyresponsiveappreciativepress
Total 136, 30 Per page  3/5  «first  pre  next  last»  goto
Leave a comment
Welcome to leave a comment about this page!
Your name:
Latest commentsInto the comment page>>
More words