Example Sentences

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She has an undeniable maternal instinct, even if she is suppressing it because of what happened the last time she let it be her guide.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2024

Does that mean our brain is suppressing a memory to help us learn?

From Scientific American • Sep. 15, 2023

"We can see how the regime is suppressing the Hong Kong identity, and we want to protect it," said Ms Lau.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2022

“There is an advantage to software that economists haven’t really reckoned with yet. Software isn’t accelerating creative destruction today. Software is suppressing it.”

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2022

Haymitch guffaws and we all start laughing except Effie, although even she is suppressing a smile.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins