repress
verb (used with object)
to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
have been repressing
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present perfect progressiveof repress.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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They become symbolic somehow of all the wildness and instinct that he and his wife have been repressing for decades.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 28, 2015
The sentiments that you express in your moment of wrath sound like something that you have been repressing for years and are now turning loose upon an enlightened world.
From Life's Minor Collisions by Frances Lester Warner
You certainly have been repressing your hatred of me, mister.
From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills
Once in the garden the ci-devant young man gave way to a peal of laughter which he seemed to have been repressing since he entered the lobby.
From Unconscious Comedians by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
