Example Sentences

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Mr. Nebenzya asserted, “There is a healthy working atmosphere at the station, and no one is oppressing anyone.”

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2022

I want to make a film about how our society is oppressing itself.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2022

She asked participants to realize that an Afghanistan that is oppressing more than half its population cannot be a reliable partner in the world.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2021

After a terrible internal combat the man yields to this unknown will which is oppressing him.

From Contemporary Russian Novelists by Persky, Serge

We hear his laughter; share his joys; and watch the heroic struggle of his soul against the circumstance that is oppressing him.

From Werwolves by O'Donnell, Elliott