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
Something—and then perhaps you will trust me more fully with the things that are oppressing you.
From The Just and the Unjust by M. Leone Bracker
