- present participle of oppress.
oppressing
Example Sentences
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The mayor fumbled when asked in a radio show about the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim group that China has been accused of oppressing, saying “What’s a Uygher?”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2023
"You can't recruit people from the same group you are oppressing on a day-to-day basis," he says.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2023
She said she would do everything within the EU framework to reach the point of imposing sanctions against those responsible for oppressing women in Iran.
From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2022
In this country, as much as we have this long tradition of excluding and oppressing, we also have a tradition of overcoming and resilience and fighting together.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2021
This priest, Bartolomé de las Casas, suggested using imported African laborers instead of oppressing the native people.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
