Sentence examples for stern repression from inspiring English sources
Bresson and other directors of furious precision, such as Alfred Hitchcock and Carl Theodor Dreyer, built their stringent cinematic machinery on the basis of particular experience — including embittered religion, stern repression, cruel morality, and equally cruel immorality.
The arrival of the French fleet in the Bay of Naples in December 1792 prevented the king of Naples from following the Piedmontese example, but other governments resorted to stern repression of French-inspired protests.
Mr. Buhari, whose mid-1980s military government was noted for its stern repression of dissent, was refusing to accept the result Monday afternoon, and his supporters had taken to the streets in northern Nigerian cities to protest, setting alight tires and burning down buildings and houses linked to Mr. Jonathan's governing People's Democratic Party.
Severe repression followed.
He is a doughty campaigner for human rights, and has long been a stern critic of Chinese repression in Tibet.
There was financial repression.
