oppress
verb (used with object)
to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power.
oppresses
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present tense formof oppress (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“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
You talk about how music helps us make sense of our sorrows and what oppresses us, and to celebrate the joy, and what lifts us up.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2020
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
My voice strains to be louder than the laughter all around me, the laughter that oppresses me as much as the heat.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
