Explore Repress through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like suppress or subdue. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Repress in a sentence
Related words
Repress meaning
- To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
- To check; to keep back.
Synonyms of Repress
Using Repress
- The main meaning on this page is: To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further. | To check; to keep back.
- Useful related words include: suppress, subdue, inhibit, stamp down.
- In the example corpus, repress often appears in combinations such as: to repress, repress the, or repress.
Context around Repress
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 14 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Repress
- In this selection, "repress" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, civil, things and civilians stand out and add context to how "repress" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include activate or repress a segment and attempt to repress the truth. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "repress" sits close to words such as abated, aberrations and activations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with repress
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It can be used to memorialize something we would rather repress. (11 words)
Instead he offers, "We all have those thoughts, but we repress them". (12 words)
But in Poe’s narrator, the voices grow too loud to repress. (12 words)
If argued consistently, such a program could even contribute to break the ranks amongst some of the most downtrodden and under-class youth being enrolled in the regime’s militias and currently weaponised to repress the movement. (37 words)
Sometimes, we hide ourselves behind so many layers of metaphor or we repress things to the point where we have to strip away layers of paint to get to the original issue. (32 words)
CamiRaddd told The Daily Beast that she is a survivor of Hyde’s assault, and this past week memories she has tried to repress for the past three years have resurfaced. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
It can be used to memorialize something we would rather repress.
Australia is deeply concerned by Hong Kong’s widespread application of national security laws to repress civil society and prosecute journalists like Mr Jimmy Lai.
Sometimes, we hide ourselves behind so many layers of metaphor or we repress things to the point where we have to strip away layers of paint to get to the original issue.
The actor, who plays Santa Claus in the Christmas comedy movie, said he's tried to "repress" his memory of the gig for over four decades.
University officials make a huge mistake in attempting to repress the voices of their students.
Instead he offers, "We all have those thoughts, but we repress them".
Mainstream media does not attempt to repress the truth, but rather subsume it.
Soleimani had personally encouraged Iraqi forces to repress the demonstrations there with massive force.
South Africans can attest to the violence of censorship, use of law, police torture, confessions under duress and imprisonment to repress those who fight for equality and democracy.
This cover was originally released in 2013 on the b-side of a repress of Q-Lazzarus' original, but hasn't been available for five years.
To avoid any provocations I actively try to repress my eye rolls every time he said something I found ridiculous.
According to video footage shared on social media, Police shoved a woman into a vehicle while trying to repress the initially peaceful student protest.
But in Poe’s narrator, the voices grow too loud to repress.
CamiRaddd told The Daily Beast that she is a survivor of Hyde’s assault, and this past week memories she has tried to repress for the past three years have resurfaced.
Cuba has trained Venezuelan security forces to repress civilians and support Maduro, Bolton said.
Diet Pills either kill fat cells or repress appetite, neither of will be healthy in which you in over time.
If argued consistently, such a program could even contribute to break the ranks amongst some of the most downtrodden and under-class youth being enrolled in the regime’s militias and currently weaponised to repress the movement.
Methylation represents a chemical change that can activate or repress a segment of DNA without altering the DNA sequence.
Rey’s life has been one long trauma, to the point that she’s had to repress memories of her parents to hold on to hope.
They did not vote him into office so that he could repress the legitimate, also elected, opposition and use his brutal drug campaign to cement his grip on power.
Common combinations with repress
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to repress 31×
- repress the 13×
- or repress 4×
- repress those 3×
- we repress 2×
- repress them 2×
- repress this 2×
- that repress 2×