Example Sentences

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As usual, Moscow suppressed the news as long as it was suppressible.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not reconcilable by man; not manageable, suppressible, save by some strongest and wisest men;—which only a lightly-jesting lightly-gyrating M. de Maurepas can so much as subsist amidst.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

The day is our own, my Grumkow; yes, our own, my Nosti:—and so our Colloquy of Rookeries shall be suppressible henceforth.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 07 by Carlyle, Thomas