Example Sentences

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“We took out a horrendous, horrible leader who was oppressing his own people,” Jost said.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

“He spoke to the social structure that was oppressing the garbage collectors. And for that, he gave his life. To me, that’s what Christian ministry is all about.”

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2020

The Hanukkah story goes something like this: A tyrannical ruler was oppressing the Jews.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2018

So I think we should all look at this story, in the sense that this was one person who stood against a system that was oppressing people.

From The Verge • Sep. 11, 2016

It might hope through its display of opposition and its own suffering to appeal to the sense of fair play of the group that was oppressing it.

From Introduction to Non-Violence by Paullin, Theodore