Sentence examples for barely repress from inspiring English sources

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WRITE it off as a fantasy of mild-mannered reporters everywhere, but I can barely repress the urge to fly.

In a daylong hearing here on Thursday, military prosecutors challenged that image, presenting testimony that Mr. Hamdan told investigators he had sworn an oath to Mr. bin Laden, carried a gun, carted weapons and could barely repress his approval of the terror leader.

And in the midst of it all, when it seemed as if he might actually be on the way back, Yankees Manager Aaron Boone had to sheepishly admit that Ellsbury had been sent home from the Yankees minor-league complex in Tampa because he was "under the weather.'' Boone could barely repress a smirk as he reported the news.

No doubt, there is a tension between spirit and speed here, as I can barely repress a yen to roar the bike overland towards the base of The Rock.

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Tony explains to her that Livia's stroke was psychosomatic, "brought on by repressed rage," he says, barely repressing some rage himself.

There are the Cossacks, of course: a Russian resurgence seething with barely repressed militarism.

It's the kind of barely repressed sigh that if you're not careful can come out a swallowed sob.

Howard, for his part, conveys Brick's barely repressed grief, and he beautifully channels his character's paralyzing sense of defeat.

Although Bee, unlike Billy Eichner, does not literally scream, her show has been fuelled by a chipper, smiling, but barely repressed fury.

By The New Yorker December 3, 2017 Samantha Bee's "Full Frontal" has been fuelled by a chipper, smiling, but barely repressed fury.

Maybe hatred is too strong a word, and barely repressed hysteria too tired a concept, but "Blood Play," is somewhere in there.

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