Sentence examples for the oppressive mood from inspiring English sources
The camera, Herzog explained, would trail Bale closely, heightening the oppressive mood.
For most in the audience, this non sequitur, a little sappy, seems utterly incongruous with the tense, oppressive mood of the scene on the screen, a bit of random irrelevance to be ignored.
It creates a mournful, oppressive mood to set against the beauty of the soil and the jungle, as if the land itself were weeping.
Cell phones and walkie-talkies convey an oppressive mood of surveillance, and the prospect of emigration (with its precious documents, real or fake) provides the only moment of true happiness.
The oppressive environment of fear.
It reaffirms the oppressive role of men in the society".
It's the year of the oppressive double.
There is none of the oppressive legalese of the courtroom.
The oppressive sun beats down on monkey (heat lamp).
They walked for hours under the oppressive morning sun.
Blame the oppressive heat.
