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

It is resistance that provokes violence; forbearance and good will repress it.

From War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ by Dodge, David Low

I will repress all excitement, and speak with reason.

From The Hand but Not the Heart or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)