repressed
Example Sentences
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The uprising was repressed, leading to an exodus of two million Kurds to Iran and Turkey.
From Barron's
But seeing the show, in which two athletes enter a loving relationship, stirred repressed feelings.
From BBC
By convention, a Shiite Muslim has been prime minister since the fall of Saddam, who ruthlessly repressed the Shiite majority in Iraq.
From Barron's
The critic James Wood decried Mr. Barnes as “a thoroughly English writer,” meaning that he is clever and pedantic and emotionally repressed.
Not all of Alexander’s theories have aged well, Gilberg said — repressed emotions do not cause asthma, to name one since-debunked idea.
From Los Angeles Times
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