oppressiveness

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McDermott’s writing is often called “gemlike,” but that speaks to pressure as much as prettiness, as Tricia navigates war, marital strife and the increasing oppressiveness of the crowd of military wives that surrounds her.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2023

“Close” is about a lot of things — the joy of friendship, the heartache of separation and the oppressiveness of masculine stereotypes — but what it’s mostly about is the nature of its characters’ silence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2023

That’s likely intentional, since the paintings are so attuned to the oppressiveness of interior spaces.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2022

But the oppressiveness of the music and the over-intensity of the staging never allow you to laugh at, and therefore enjoy, the ludicrousness of the story.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2018

She even challenged her terrors by going into that bedroom behind and contending with its oppressiveness.

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton