Examples of 'oppressive' in a sentence
Meaning of "oppressive"
Oppressive is an adjective that describes something burdensome, harsh, or overwhelming. It is often used to refer to oppressive rules, governments, or climates
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- Burdensome or difficult to bear.
- Tyrannical or exercising unjust power.
- Weighing heavily on the spirit; intense, or overwhelming
- Hot and humid of the weather.
How to use "oppressive" in a sentence
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It lingers in the oppressive policies of foreign regimes.
Oppressive regimes are one of his favourite topics.
He represents the oppressive power they are subjected to.
Oppressive systems are held together by political systems.
Traditions some viewed as oppressive were done away with.
An oppressive feeling attacked me around the chest.
This heat is more oppressive than my father.
No oppressive archaic laws or endless rituals of death.
Removed from the oppressive modern world.
An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
If what it calls the oppressive feminist culture.
The oppressive emotional climate stifled her.
It means the undoing of oppressive power structures.
The oppressive influence of past events or decisions.
Data are not immune to oppressive structures of power.
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The oppressive and repressive policies of apartheid.
Audra is escaping an oppressive and abusive marriage.
Oppressive liberalism does not tolerate dissenting opinions.
Militant atheism is just as oppressive as militant religiosity.
An oppressive air enshrouds the conference room.
It has been used by oppressive governments for years.
The oppressive feeling returned almost immediately.
They too live under oppressive government.
And the oppressive clouds starting to break up.
Companies operating in countries with oppressive regimes.
He sacked oppressive governors and replaced them.
I found their approach inhuman and oppressive.
There was an oppressive silence as i rode into town.
The very symbol of their oppressive rule.
You serve an oppressive ruler without question.
Monuments and sites of past oppressive regimes.
Is guilty of oppressive or tyrannical conduct toward a subordinate.
The idea was both invigorating and oppressive.
The mood is oppressive and heavy today.
It is in many respects a militaristic and oppressive regime.
To protest against an oppressive government and unfair taxes.
I found the old homestead intolerably oppressive.
Winning for the oppressive capitalists.
I am exercising my right to protest against oppressive forces.
Oppressive dictatorships were backed for fear of mass rebellion.
Your vision somehow seems to be oppressive to you.
This oppressive silence ought no longer to exist nowadays.
Revolutions are created by the oppressive conditions.
Oppressive regimes do not live forever.
And bring an end to this oppressive situation.
The oppressive story does not have a happy ending.
At least the heat will not be oppressive.
Forget the lies of our oppressive allied governments.
This false sabbath is to be enforced by an oppressive law.
It was a time of oppressive silence and paralysis.
