Sentence examples for oppressive character from inspiring English sources

The perceived oppressive character of al-Shabab provides abundant opportunities for currents of Somali disaffection to grow and multiply.

It is one of the few pleasures of a largely oppressive character study to watch as Campos peels away Simon's layers.

Escobar (2007) says that, if the first possibility is correct, legitimacy through international law confirms the oppressive character guided by it.

A breakthrough approach to overcome the oppressive character of International Law was pointed by Eslava et al. (2017) after the Bandung Conference.

Eslava et al. (2017) say that only at the Bandung Conference, in 1955, the oppressive character of the concepts of Nation-State and of International Law became evident.

Artist Howard Cook's engravings critiqued the oppressive character of the new skyscrapers as they loomed over the traditional city.

This approach partly resonates with that of "The Mother with Three Daughters-in-Law", in which Creangă makes ample use of a traditional theme in Romanian humor, which portrays mothers-in-law as mean, stingy and oppressive characters.

There was, however, an institution called nexum, of which little can be said with certainty except that it was a kind of loan so oppressive in character that it could result in the debtor's complete subjection to the creditor.

The stories often veer off in surprising narrative and stylistic directions, lending variety to the oppressive sameness of the characters' lives.

As opposed to previous lesbian-themed fiction she had read where the characters escape an oppressive society to live apart from it, Waters chose characters who interact with their surroundings.

As it soaks in this oppressive atmosphere, which leaves its characters listless and peevish, "La Ciénaga" suggests a morose extended segment of "The Weather and You" feature on the Weather Channel.