oppressor

Example Sentences

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Linda, a “Survivor” fan who pleasure-reads books about making it in the wild, suddenly gains strength over her corporate oppressor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

To keep them, he said, meant treating the victim the same as the oppressor.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024

Evidence of enjoyment of life directly rebuts the central proposition of the oppressor – namely, that the oppressed is inferior.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024

In an Instagram video on Wednesday, Neeleman said her husband was portrayed as an oppressor.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024

I would have felt a little giddy if Miss Marva Hendrix hadn’t soured the day by making me out to be my sisters’ oppressor.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia