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.
• The United States has coped with oppressive heat the past few weeks.
  — Monica Garrett, CNN, 4 Aug. 2022
• There are also oppressive, racist groups that seem to be linked to overuse of psychedelics.
  — Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2022
• 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
• In the shadows of an oppressive regime, silence can be a language of love.
  — Yangyang Cheng, The Atlantic, 23 Nov. 2021
• Highs in the 80s are not eye-catching, but the humidity is oppressive for the next two days.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 7 July 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
• Hala has timed our visit for late afternoon, when the heat isn't so oppressive and the crowds have thinned.
  — Rebecca Misner, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2021
• 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
• Its people rose up against the apartheid government in the 1950s and won a homeland, Transkei, that did not abide by the most oppressive strictures of White rule.
  — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022
• Because of the oppressive midday heat, classes were held in the morning and in the late afternoon.
  — Jess McHugh, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
• There is a powerful figure, and the curtains are an oppressive wall of musty damask.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 June 2024
• The Cowboys have left the oppressive heat of Texas behind to train in the cool, ocean breezes of Southern California.
  — Dallas News, 25 July 2022
• Like last week, though, the most oppressive heat and humidity largely stays to our south and west.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 20 June 2022
• If the machinery of oppressive power is to be trained on the weak, then there is a duty to stop the gears by any means necessary.
  — Zadie Smith, The New Yorker, 5 May 2024
• But when there is a genuine hunger to cast off the chains of oppressive regimes, as happened during the Arab Spring, the free world should offer support.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 4 July 2024
• The humidity won’t be oppressive but does add a few degrees to the heat index.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2023
• His foundation has spent $64 million on the two prior elections and $40 million this time in an attempt to impose even more oppressive rent control.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
• But what initially feels like freedom can for some quickly turn into something far more oppressive.
  — Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024