suppressed
Example Sentences
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And an underpinning of loneliness and suppressed yearning.
From Los Angeles Times
I suppressed my flash of annoyance at being looked over like a shop window dummy.
From Literature
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Gregory Brew, a senior analyst at the Eurasia Group, said that if hostilities drag on, the volume of Iranian exports is likely to be suppressed by sustained U.S. military and sanctions pressure.
Police units and intelligence services also suppressed rallies and arrested protesters en masse.
"Right now everything here is suppressed, everything is persecuted, people are sitting in prisons."
From Barron's
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