Example Sentences

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The residents of Piltover enjoy the privileges of life in an affluent and powerful society, one that casually oppresses the impoverished inhabitants of Zaun.

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2024

“We do not feel our beliefs, voices and actions belong anywhere near a space that misrepresents and oppresses people of any background, ethnicity or race.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2022

Ms. Kouchner quotes a saying dear to her father Bernard: “Between the strong and the weak, it’s liberty that oppresses and the law that liberates.”

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2021

He wasn't using certain language or gestures as a means of reinforcing a system that oppresses certain groups of people.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2018

Almost all animals are disturbed by the approach of thunder, which oppresses them with its mounting tension and breaks the natural rhythm by which they live.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams