repress
verb (used with object)
to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
will repress
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future tenseof repress.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Among white Americans are committed segregationists who will repress regardless—and others who are uneasy about repression but uncertain about protesters’ aims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
Past personal contact with Robert Graves assures me that this . . . study will eventually come to revolutionize theological thought, which no amount of undermining on your part will repress.
From Time Magazine Archive
Men are never so dishonest that they will repress an ally with such a flagrant display of ingratitude.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
There is reason to believe, that Mr Fox and Lord Shelburne are not perfectly united, and that Rodney's success will repress the ardor of our enemies for an immediate peace.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII by Jared Sparks
I wish I was to go immediately to Berry Hill; yet the wish is ungrateful to Mrs. Mirvan, and therefore I will repress it.
From Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney
