Sentence examples for an oppressive environment from inspiring English sources

Although she lives in an oppressive environment, she never gives up or gives in.

The play opened in 1955, 30 years after the trial took place, but its theme of defending independent thought in an oppressive environment struck a chord.

loosely a kind of romance in an oppressive environment," the lyrics never rise above the level of foggy, hopeful clichés that have been placed in an order.

So even though Martin told Billboard that "Mylo Xyloto" contains "a story... loosely a kind of romance in an oppressive environment," the lyrics never rise above the level of foggy, hopeful clichés that have been placed in an order.

"If I had stayed there, my work would have probably been about being in an oppressive environment under Saddam, which would probably result in my hanging or something," she reflected.

The statement used the word victim four times, and in it Mr. Cipel said he "did not have the strength to disentangle myself from such an oppressive environment and from such a manipulative person".

The dark woodwork is suggestive of a gothic church, a curiously oppressive environment for most people, but a warm bath for a man known as "the bishop of Broadway," who actually dressed in pseudoclerical garb.

There is a deeper issue that is being ignored in scenario like these and that is that psychosis is a natural response to an extremely oppressive environment.

These citizens hold Erdogan responsible for the country's problems, including renewed conflict with the Kurds and a collapsing economy, not to mention an increasingly oppressive environment toward the opposition.

I read about some of your experiences during childhood which you described as a spiritually oppressive environment, would you tell me a little bit more about that?

I was brought up by nuns, in both Ireland and England, so I was in a very oppressive environment.