Sentence examples for oppressive forces from inspiring English sources

What is the root cause of racism and national oppression in the U.S.? Why are these oppressive forces so persistent and virulent in U.S. society?

They are not the only armed groups or oppressive forces benefitting from mining's bounty.

Caught between oppressive forces, her escape is by way of the sensual body itself.

Another way is to take illegal drugs, which gets George in trouble with the oppressive forces of the police state.

"Traditionally, it's always been the job of the artist to flag these things up, and stand in opposition to oppressive forces, even just to ask questions," he says.

Depicting both characters, Mr. Gee channels and distills immense, often oppressive forces through taut, subtle shifts of limbs, eyes and torso.

Preferably rude ones at the expense of whichever oppressive force you are trying to overthrow.

A police service struggling to find middle ground between oppressive force and pulling back into a defensive crouch.

In the pit, meanwhile, Antonio Pappano adds to the malaise with conducting of insidious beauty and oppressive force.

As a woman, she has been forced to embody a succession of tedious female stereotypes, but she twists this oppressive force in order to get her own way".

"If blues culture had developed under the conditions of oppressive, forced labor," Chang writes, "hip-hop culture would arise from the conditions of no work".