How to Use oppressive in a Sentence

oppressive

adjective

• The country is ruled by an oppressive regime.
• I think these laws are oppressive.
• This region suffers from oppressive heat in the summer months.
• The situation was extremely tense; no one said a word, and the silence was oppressive.
• Eager to be free of the house with its oppressive low ceilings.
  — Joyce Carol Oates, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
• The Tigrayans had been oppressive rulers, Menber said, and the Amhara had borne the brunt of their aggression for too long.
  — Ann Neumann, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023
• Making the movie left the duo laboring for 100 days in the oppressive heat of the Oklahoma plains.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
• Much of the central and southern parts of the country are in the grips of yet another oppressive heat wave.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2023
• Plenty have spoken over the years about the oppressive sense of duty felt by The Royals.
  — Leila Latif, Chron, 5 Nov. 2022
• Forecasts show the oppressive heat across much of the West is expected to last through at least Friday.
  — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 7 Sep. 2022
• This is when the weather is warm enough to be enjoyable but not yet oppressive.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2023
• Women have since abandoned their hijabs and cut their hair in a show of protest to the Khamenei regime’s oppressive practices.
  — Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2022
• Two levels below ground at the Grant Park North Garage, the summer heat feels oppressive.
  — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2023
• Don’t bow to that voice in your head that bludgeons you with oppressive words such as must and have to that demotivate you.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 7 May 2023
• What was once an oppressive series of rooms is now a bustling hub for family life.
  — Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 3 Aug. 2023
• The humidity won’t be oppressive but does add a few degrees to the heat index.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2023
• In the age of reliable roofing and central heat, a fifth wall of fabric might well be oppressive.
  — Elizabeth Sweet, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2022
• At the same time, that precision can sometimes come to feel airless and oppressive.
  — Giles Harvey, The New York Review of Books, 19 Oct. 2022
• For McArthur, who wears a tight-fitting polyester suit and an oppressive wig, even working inside chapels can be a drag during the height of the summer.
  — Meg Bernhard, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2023
• Unlike the Kens, Andor is somewhat aware that the Empire is oppressive.
  — Michael Allen, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2023
• The dog days of July and August, with the most oppressive weather of the year, is when small bumps and bruises can turn into larger problems.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2023
• August will start as July finished with oppressive heat across much of the Central US.
  — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 1 Aug. 2023
• At some point, for some people, the pain of being a part of something so oppressive becomes greater than the fear of leaving and not knowing what will happen.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 10 Aug. 2023
• The boys’ village life, though impoverished, is not shown to be oppressive.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2024
• Dew points will drop from the oppressive range later this week for a more typical summer feeling.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
• The drama takes place in a gray city that, from a distance, seems like an oppressive monolith and, in closeup, is revealed as a crumbling wasteland.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2023
• Hot and oppressive weather is again in the forecast for Alabama on Tuesday.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 18 July 2023
• Kissinger has been blamed by critics for coups in Chile and Cyprus, and for backing oppressive government actions in Iran and Pakistan.
  — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
• Visitors enjoy a pleasant outdoorlike space in both the depths of winter and in the oppressive heat of summer.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2023
• The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to travel to a country ruled by an oppressive regime.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024