as in sadness
a state or spell of low spirits
suffered a lingering oppression in the weeks after his dog died
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Recent Examples of oppression
The Civil War did not, of course, end the evil of racial oppression.
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James Traub,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
The festival also featured various children and family activities, and a screening of a film by a community organizer in high school about how Black people have resisted oppression across time throughout Illinois.
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Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
In its heyday, the team, led by Ukrainian refugees from World War II and Stalin's postwar oppression, won a half-dozen national championships in various American professional leagues.
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Brian Mann,
NPR,
25 June 2026
In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi led the Salt March, a nonviolent protest against the tax, which had become a symbol of colonial oppression.
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Zehra Jumabhoy,
Artforum,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for oppression
James Traub,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
The festival also featured various children and family activities, and a screening of a film by a community organizer in high school about how Black people have resisted oppression across time throughout Illinois.
—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
In its heyday, the team, led by Ukrainian refugees from World War II and Stalin's postwar oppression, won a half-dozen national championships in various American professional leagues.
—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
25 June 2026
In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi led the Salt March, a nonviolent protest against the tax, which had become a symbol of colonial oppression.
—
Zehra Jumabhoy,
Artforum,
25 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oppression
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Each room explores a different human emotion — joy and love, fear and hope, sadness and gratitude, anger and resilience.
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Working again with collaborators Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Shahzad Ismaily (Ceramic Dog) and joined by Nick Hakim and drummer Tom Skinner (the Smile), Orton uses The Ground Above to create weighty songs that deal with both joy and sadness.
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The pair went all the way down to a 43-mile-wide and 1,500-mile-long depression in the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench, known as the Challenger Deep.
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The victim's mother also addressed the jury, blaming Rullan for her son's depression and anxiety and describing the emotional toll the abuse had taken on their family.
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Beneath all the sensuality and beauty, there’s also a lingering melancholy that feels very familiar to me.
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Don Hertzfeldt occasionally comes to mind for a similarly pervasive mood of questioning, philosophical melancholy.
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Kara is addicted to drowning her sorrows and avoiding responsibility, but learns to embrace heroism after embarking on a quest for revenge alongside Ruthye (Eve Ridley).
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Parting is such sweet sorrow, but these guys aren’t going gently into the night just yet.
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Some mourners, gathering at the funeral of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Saturday, expressed both anguish and a desire for vengeance.
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And with that decision, the company narrowed the chance that the mother’s anguish could draw attention to any danger the formula might pose to other infants.
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Power Ballad should be breezy and fun, with that twist of mournfulness that Carney is always so adept at pulling off.
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“Oppression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oppression. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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