The air in the room felt thick and oppressive to Picard.

The air felt pleasant, but I was guessing that by afternoon the heat, while dry, would feel oppressive.

The hardworking computers generated enough heat to make the room feel oppressive.

The atmosphere on the streets does not feel oppressive.

The heat felt old and oppressive, as if it had been accumulating for days instead of hours.

She had no reason to expect it to be noisy, of course, but somehow the silence felt oppressive.

The place was beginning to feel oppressive; it was closing in on her.

By summer, their St. Marks apartment was feeling less oppressive.

The wide, flat sky, which had until now felt oppressive, embraced her.

Never for a moment, however, did the faith of other guests or the institution feel oppressive.