How to Use oppression in a Sentence

oppression

noun

• The oppression of the Uighurs seems to be the main obstacle.
  — The Economist, 1 Feb. 2020
• The scale and the cost of these years of oppression is hard to calculate.
  — Joanna Scutts, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2022
• The second is a show of force, and an act of oppression in and of itself.
  — Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 2 June 2017
• And that kindness in the face of oppression, greed and threat is herculean.
  — Marina Gomberg, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 May 2021
• There was oppression—for those who were not the friends of Tiberius Caesar.
  — WSJ, 23 Dec. 2018
• Cause all hate and oppression to vanish from the earth.
  — Abigail Pogrebin, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2020
• Like, a lot of oppression is just ingrained in kids, from such a young age.
  — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022
• Dave Chapelle is on our side in the struggle against oppression.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021
• But over the decades, this source of civic pride became a symbol of oppression.
  — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 25 Sep. 2020
• The squeaking and clanging of a cell door seems to carry the echo of centuries of oppression.
  — New York Times, 25 May 2021
• Dogs as tools of oppression go way back in this country.
  — Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2022
• The trauma from decades of oppression lives in our bodies.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 1 June 2020
• Nothing in your life should be one size fits all— that’s oppression, beloved.
  — Sydney Clarke, refinery29.com, 22 Apr. 2021
• Rivers sees this as the result of a long history of oppression.
  — Serena Lin, AZCentral.com, 6 Aug. 2023
• These are the forces far more powerful than fear and oppression.
  — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2022
• Mahsha said Amini’s death was the last straw after decades of oppression.
  — oregonlive, 2 Oct. 2022
• They have been refused the freedom to simply be, without the weight of oppression on their backs.
  — Fox News, 19 Feb. 2022
• And that in and of itself is another form of oppression.
  — Monique Judge, The Root, 6 June 2018
• Stephanie Land has many things to be mad about, most of them the result of the systemic oppression and erasure of poor people.
  — Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
• Andor looks through the eyes of the unchosen ones — the people who live under the oppression of the Empire, day in and day out.
  — Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2022
• The trickle down effect of all sort of oppression lands on black women, trans or not.
  — Gina Martinez, Time, 7 June 2019
• Viskhan sees the crackdowns as part of wider oppression that has taken root in recent years.
  — Katy Steinmetz, Time, 26 July 2019
• Our time to escape the oppression of a deadly virus and make our schools and workplaces safe for return.
  — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2021
• And people all around the world still need America to be a refuge from tyranny and oppression.
  — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024
• This is the kind of history that tries to make up for neglect, oppression, and other sins.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Aug. 2020
• Free to choose a future where are all equal and unburdened by the oppression of those who would choose to divide us.
  — Ahmad Ibsais, Teen Vogue, 18 July 2019
• One of them being the different systems of oppression that have been in place.
  — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 14 May 2021
• This is about systemic oppression that has been rampant in this country for decades on top of decades.
  — Rick Maese, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2018
• So long as self-determination does not lead to greater oppression and violence, the United States should support it.
  — Jonathan B. Petkun, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
• The project presents American history as a one-dimensional narrative driven by the oppression of racial minorities for more than four centuries.
  — John Yoo, National Review, 23 June 2024

Last Updated: 22 Aug 2024