repressed
Example Sentences
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Authoritarian leaders have historically repressed their opponents without much concern for even the appearance of due process.
From New York Times
The Amos track is an apt choice for framing some of the prevailing themes of the series, delineating between the boring and repressed “cornflake girls” and the more thrilling “raisin girls,” who are freethinkers.
From New York Times
Tucked behind Lenin in the park is a vandalized black stone, a monument to the those who were repressed during the Stalin era.
From New York Times
Stalin brutally repressed the Crimean Tatars, the peninsula’s predominantly Muslim Indigenous group, deporting some 200,000 to Central Asia and Siberia after accusing them of collaborating with Nazi Germany.
From Washington Post
“There is a sense of undressing almost,” says Fryer, who built apertures and translucence into the garments, slyly suggesting the repressed person seeking escape.
From Los Angeles Times
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