Sentence examples for oppressive ordinances from inspiring English sources

Never mind considerations of whether clothing is protected by the First Amendment (it's a little unclear; most court decisions about the matter concern school uniforms), never mind the vaguely racist undertones of banning sagging pants, one guy's breakfast got ruined so let's enact some almost comically oppressive ordinances!

Women have played a leading role in that opposition, fighting for changes in the restrictive and oppressive Hudood ordinances based on Sharia law that were imposed in 1979.

So oppressive".

"That is particularly oppressive.

The approach is oppressive.

It was so oppressive.

"It's oppressive.

It never felt oppressive".

Sometimes this was oppressive.

A commanding and oppressive absence".

The overall effect was oppressive.