- present participle of repress.
repressing
Example Sentences
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"By removing them and repressing their return, we're threatening our own future survival," he said.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
People fed up with rolling blackouts have staged sporadic protests in recent days, banging pots and shouting slogans against the government, rare demonstrations in a country known for repressing dissent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026
This strategy involves the central bank artificially repressing bond yields in the market.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025
Burkina Faso's military government, which emerged from a September 2022 coup led by Captain Ibrahim Traore, has regularly been accused of repressing figures the junta considers hostile.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025
My entrance had undone his work of appeasing Laertes, and his face twitched with the effort of repressing his anger.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
