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I felt for the first time how oppressive the Government was to the people.
It was the oppressive love of a man for a woman.
The road seemed less oppressive this time, and not so long.
The air seemed even more oppressive than it had a few minutes ago.
But there was an oppressive side, too, to university life.
When he opened them, the feeling was already less oppressive.
In the past, the word meant oppressive state of things.
For several minutes now she had been finding the old building oppressive.
And if our nation needs us we're ready to fight the oppressive hand.
Well, if this place seemed oppressive to him, how bad must it be for her?
The silence after these words was oppressive around the table.
It was an oppressive day in early July of 1903.
The thought of going home to an empty house was oppressive.
It is quite oppressive if you are trying to not eat.
The silence had taken on an oppressive life of its own.
The place seemed less oppressive now that she had decided to leave it soon.
Does she long for personal independence from an oppressive world?
Second, an oppressive military regime took control of the government.
The fact was that, in his current state, he found the presence of any woman oppressive.
Then came the oppressive roar of a voice inside her mind.
And the heat, which the doctor had come to like, seemed suddenly oppressive.
Anyway, this was one of those oppressive days in the air for me.
But I'm a little critical of how completely oppressive it's getting.
This was our time to be victims of the oppressive state.
We stayed only a few minutes, for the heat was oppressive.