oppressiveness
Example Sentences
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All the pictures here occur in a domestic setting, and their action knocks against the oppressiveness of their interior walls.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2021
It could create a still greater sense of closeness, stickiness, oppressiveness.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2021
The symbolism around lack of identity is obvious to the point of oppressiveness: clouds of smoke, hosts of theater costumes in Ella’s garret.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2021
And let’s not forget the most fashion-forward prison outfits in film history, which combine the precious charm of Wes Anderson with the oppressiveness of a penal system.
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2018
The servant girls and gossips had fugitive peeps at me through the cracks of my door, and I felt for the first time all the oppressiveness of greatness.
From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by George Alfred Townsend
