Sentence examples for had oppressed from inspiring English sources

This rabbinic approach gave Roth a way out of the hermetic modernism that had oppressed him.

Almost miraculously, the people overwhelmed the strongmen who had oppressed them for decades.

Spicer spoke of taking the "shackles" off immigration enforcers, as if Obama had oppressed them.

Little is known of Kim's early life under the Japanese rule that had oppressed Korea since 1905.

But theft was theft, said the prosecution.Darkness to lightAll this added to a weight that had oppressed him for many years.

The US president-elect, Donald Trump, referred to Castro as a "brutal dictator" who had oppressed his people for nearly six decades.

Some argue that our culture would have oppressed such behaviour.

Several have oppressed Shiite populations and suspect Iran is fomenting unrest.

Even non-Arab Muslims in southern Sudan say the north has oppressed them.

He has oppressed his own people, sponsored terrorism and spread conflict in Africa.

"See, Dad, you've oppressed them just like the bourgeoisie oppresses the workers.