oppress
verb (used with object)
to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power.
are oppressing
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present progressiveof oppress.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Sayce Holmes-Lewis, the founder and CEO of youth mentoring organisation Mentivity, said: "You can't recruit people from the same demographic you are oppressing on a daily basis."
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2023
"You can't recruit people from the same group you are oppressing on a day-to-day basis," he says.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2023
So I don’t know who these people think marriages are oppressing.
From Slate ● May 22, 2018
Barghouti: You see, they are oppressing us, but they are hostages to the same oppressive system.
From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2012
It is the fool laws that are oppressing the people, both of the East and the West, and many of them have been made in the interest of monopoly and many through ignorance.
From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress
