Sentence examples similar to growing more oppressive from inspiring English sources

Their presence was an honor, an obligation and also a danger as the German occupation of the area grew more oppressive.

As we should have always known would happen, high-stakes testing grew more oppressive, and it almost certainly reduced the effectiveness of the profession as a whole.

And although the dystopian nightmare facing the handmaids in the theocratic Republic of Gilead (formerly America's East Coast) has grown more oppressive and violent, the second season has featured themes of growing rebellion among the captives.

We thought for a time of buying a flat or a house in an outlying small town, and the idea excited us for some months, but as we began to go into the details the thought of housekeeping grew more and more oppressive to both of us.

Is America growing more libertarian?

"[T]he technologies of internet repression, monitoring and control continue to advance and spread as the tools that oppressive governments use to restrict internet access and to track citizen online activities grow more sophisticated.

Voters grew more demanding.

He grew more thoughtful.

Deletions grew more frequent.

The exchanges grew more pointed.

Cable has grown more partisan.