Sentence examples for oppressive measures from inspiring English sources

(A representative of the Syrian government denied that Assad ever wrote such a letter; he also denied that Assad took any oppressive measures in 2011).

Rather than cowing Massachusetts and separating it from the other colonies, the oppressive measures became the justification for convening the First Continental Congress later in 1774.

The government's oppressive measures against the revolutionary Irish Republican Brotherhood (the Fenians) aroused intense national feelings among even the moderate Irish.

Indeed, pro-Southern feeling in Missouri was high, thanks to oppressive measures taken by federal troops in four counties in the western part of the state.

A media campaign has successfully equated the Brotherhood with terrorism, and oppressive measures like the curfew, the state of emergency, and the violence at Rabaa are presented as necessary for protecting Egypt's national security.

The hackers said that on Aug. 15, they unleashed a malicious virus into Saudi Aramco, the Saudi government-owned oil company,  in retribution for what they said was the government's support for "oppressive measures" in the Middle East.

An entree of grilled quail had been splashed with an oppressive measure of red-wine vinegar.

This was achieved by a bundle of oppressive new measures in the 2002 Immigration and Asylum Act.

"There is no room for dialogue when a dictator imposes the most oppressive, abhorrent measures and then says, 'Let us split the difference'," said the opposition leader, Mohamed el-Baradei.

Others feel unwelcome due to oppressive security measures.

Mr. Erdogan's oppressive anti-demonstration measures and unapologetic corruption are robbing the Turkish public of the democratic representation they once enjoyed.