Sentence example with the word 'oppressive'

oppressive

absolute, autocratic, crushing, dispiriting, grievous, ill-ventilated, laborious, overbearing, somber, toilsome, uphill

Definition adj. weighing heavily on the senses or spirit

Last update: June 8, 2015


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Because I am very sensitive to the oppressive heat, I tend to spend most of the summer indoors.   [Please select]

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Many people come to this country because the oppressive leaders in their native lands took away their freedoms.   [Please select]

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Deals with the hated and oppressive forest laws.   [Please select]

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The very silence was oppressive.   [Please select]

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After so much noise, it was ominous, oppressive, surcharged with threats.   [Please select]

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Swiggs was executing this order an oppressive silence filled the room.   [Please select]

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The silence was almost oppressive.   [Please select]

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It is the waiting that is so oppressive.   [Please select]

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The night was hot and oppressive, even on the river.   [Please select]

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