How do you use Repressed in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like inhibited, plus the exact meaning.
Repressed in a sentence
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Repressed meaning
simple past and past participle of repress
Synonyms of Repressed
Using Repressed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of repress
- Useful related words include: pent-up, inhibited.
- In the example corpus, repressed often appears in combinations such as: repressed by, and repressed, repressed and.
Context around Repressed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Repressed
- In this selection, "repressed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, brutally, violently, severely, emotions, maybe and thoughts stand out and add context to how "repressed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also the repressed fear of and and these repressed emotions could. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "repressed" sits close to words such as alkaline, antifa and ascribed, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with repressed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Some haunting experiences can’t be repressed. (7 words)
Word of warning for the repressed: there will be crying. (10 words)
But what if much of this anxiety is due to repressed grief? (12 words)
Triet used her award speech to criticize how the protest against pension reforms in France "has been denied and repressed in a shocking way" and also called for more room to be made for young filmmakers to make mistakes and start again. (42 words)
Since he started the trip, Francis has praised religious freedom in Mongolia, which was severely repressed while the country was in the Soviet Union’s sphere of influence – a fact mentioned by one of the Buddhist leaders who addressed him. (40 words)
Much of All of Us Strangers’ emotional power comes from the brutally repressed Adam attempting to dispel his feelings of shame and isolation in order to be seen and loved for the person he truly is. (36 words)
But what if much of this anxiety is due to repressed grief? (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
Dre has cut her hair short and goes by “Tony” now, employing a masculine swagger that allows her to act on the desires she’s repressed for so long.
Maybe it's repressed, maybe it's acknowledged baggage, but it's clear that the film's protagonist isn't out of the woods proverbially despite being so physically.
More specifically, he regarded jokes as compromise between our repressed thoughts and socially acceptable distortions of reality.
Much of All of Us Strangers’ emotional power comes from the brutally repressed Adam attempting to dispel his feelings of shame and isolation in order to be seen and loved for the person he truly is.
She argues that chronic pain can be caused by repressed emotions (from past problems or current stress) which can manifest themselves in physical ways.
She was arrested for failing to wear her headscarf properly, and her death triggered widespread protests that the Iranian government violently repressed.
Since he started the trip, Francis has praised religious freedom in Mongolia, which was severely repressed while the country was in the Soviet Union’s sphere of influence – a fact mentioned by one of the Buddhist leaders who addressed him.
Some haunting experiences can’t be repressed.
The film will see Dalton in college, ten years after the original, still dealing with the repressed demons of his past.
Their British counterparts, meanwhile, are repressed right down to their bones, joyless and insipid.
The repressed Cinderella has one evening to enchant the handsome Prince Charming before the magic wears off at midnight.
This unfortunately means many Jedi wouldn't have been properly-trained for processing trauma, and these repressed emotions could lead them to the dark side as well.
Triet used her award speech to criticize how the protest against pension reforms in France "has been denied and repressed in a shocking way" and also called for more room to be made for young filmmakers to make mistakes and start again.
When our repressed fantasies return to us unexpectedly, the effect is jarring and unpleasant.
Word of warning for the repressed: there will be crying.
Ariel Eliaz imbues Charles with both the grandeur of a proud papa and also the repressed fear of a refugee still not completely at home in his new country.
At this stage, egotism is repressed, sensuality is important and what goes in here is what she called “polymorphous perversity”.
But what if much of this anxiety is due to repressed grief?
Dylan said there was footage of him on his fourth birthday referring to himself as his sibling’s ‘brother’ but ‘suppressed and repressed’ his true self for years.
He repressed political dissent - and the crackdown on communists and Islamists led to many being imprisoned and tortured.
Common combinations with repressed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- repressed by 13×
- and repressed 12×
- repressed and 11×
- the repressed 10×
- was repressed 9×
- of repressed 7×
- are repressed 6×
- repressed in 5×
- brutally repressed 4×
- violently repressed 4×