Example Sentences

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That, clearly, did not happen; computers, and particularly networked computers — meaning, the modern Internet — have oppressed us in new ways unforeseen by our utopian hippie forebears.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2019

We’re heartened by the examples of men who have oppressed women and are finally being caught.

From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2017

In his will of 1259, he admitted to having concerns that he may have oppressed peasants on his lands.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2015

He was a boyish man who died young, and perhaps if he had gamboled into old age he would have oppressed his sons.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am now relieved from the care and anxiety which for years have oppressed me, and feel sure of a comfortable support.

From Risen from the Ranks Harry Walton's Success by Alger, Horatio