Example Sentences

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Still, liberty is liberty, and captivity—even when made as attractive and as unoppressive as possible—is still captivity.

From The Tragedies of the Medici by Staley, Edgcumbe

The payment of taxes after the most inconvenient and oppressive mode will be exacted in place of contributions for the most part voluntarily made, and therefore comparatively unoppressive.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 2: John Tyler by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)

You would have had an unoppressive, but a productive revenue.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

It was one of the sultriest days of August, but the air was vividly fresh, and the sun, with all the strength of the climate of Italy, was unoppressive.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker

The conservatory was a feature of the Bramfell townhouse, and to Loder it came as something wonderful and unlooked-for—with its clustering green branches, its slight, unoppressive scents, its temperately pleasant atmosphere.

From The Masquerader by Thurston, Katherine Cecil