Example Sentences

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“A lot of people who had been suppressing it no longer felt that they had to suppress it.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2021

It was a wash of emotion that I had been suppressing and then a wash of emotion laterally from them.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2020

Robinson had been suppressing his rage for as long as he could remember.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2020

For five years he had been suppressing these thoughts.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2018

The silent laughter he had been suppressing burst out of him, and he laughed so hard that he dropped his crutch.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park