Sentence examples for oppressive to from inspiring English sources

It's oppressive to have to represent a whole sex in everything you do".

"It is very oppressive to any member who thinks, or discusses, or objects".

Flipped and rotated, the painting pieces become weirdly kaleidoscopic and even oppressive to look at.

By claiming what is oppressive to them, the inversion is ironic".

Western observers suggested that the Communist system was indeed oppressive to an artist of Soloviev's stature.

She thought that conventional ideas of beauty were oppressive to women and men alike.

The mayor argued that "the tolls are oppressive to many people, and inconvenient and irksome to everyone".

Taxes and conscriptions became increasingly oppressive to the Chinese population, and banditry and rebellions spread in the interior.

"His is the deep-seated mentality which creates a culture and traditions that are oppressive to women.

Both on economic and religious grounds, therefore, the reign of Peter I appeared particularly oppressive to the common people.

And it seems a bit oppressive to guilt-trip a harried working mom for owning a microwave.