I cannot find another word than "oppressiveness" to describe the sensation wrought upon the audience. From Wordnik.com. [Without Dogma] Reference
Everyone seemed to feel the oppressiveness, though. From Wordnik.com. [The Eye of the World]
He too had felt the oppressiveness of a speechless march. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
The oppressiveness of these tales is what drew me to them. From Wordnik.com. [An Epic Fantasy Virgin Reads George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones] Reference
Columnist Maureen Dowd remembers the oppressiveness fondly. From Wordnik.com. [Times Building sold: Ghosts, dirt thrown in gratis] Reference
His novels and short stories examined the oppressiveness of. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The dark paneled walls and low ceiling added to the oppressiveness. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic of Recluce]
In recent years, the oppressiveness of the occupation has only gotten worse. From Wordnik.com. [Me, Watching] Reference
I hate this fluorescent oppressiveness -- the bullying and the light itself. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
There was a brooding oppressiveness in the air that seemed to bode something. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Tom Sawyer] Reference
The oppressiveness of the day was owing more to the hot wind than to the sun itself. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Heathcote of Gangoil] Reference
It was a blessed relief from the terrible oppressiveness of the foul atmosphere of the boat. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Ocean to the South Pole Or, the Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder] Reference
The poet Dennis Brutus wrote lyrical verse juxtaposed with themes of apartheid's oppressiveness. From Wordnik.com. [I. Africa, 1941-2000] Reference
While the dog wants to "get crazy drunk," the man "is struck/by the oppressiveness of his past.". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
The government of Bashshar Al-Asad exhibits a unique combination of oppressiveness and stupidity. From Wordnik.com. [Saturday, September 30, 2006] Reference
My fear, that if we continue to escalate from both sides, that we will end up into oppressiveness. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 3, 2007] Reference
There was a curious oppressiveness in the air, too, and more than one found difficulty in breathing. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls at Sea or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real] Reference
Libertarianism takes capitalism in all its inequality and oppressiveness and makes it harsher and more absolute. From Wordnik.com. [Fight for your freedom to work in a sweatshop - VOTE LIBERTARIAN!] Reference
The difference is only important to understanding the differing nature of the oppression, not its oppressiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Has Mary Koss been “discredited”?] Reference
His topic isn't just the untrustworthiness of perception and perspective itself, but the oppressiveness of the maelstrom. From Wordnik.com. [Poetry: What Does It Accomplish?] Reference
All along we are told of the oppressiveness of the empire that at least gives humanity an equal footing in the oppression. From Wordnik.com. [Dread Empire's Fall: Conventions of War by Walter Jon Williams] Reference
She had only seen such stone paneling in homes in the tropics, where their oppressiveness was offset by sun, sea, and sand. From Wordnik.com. [One Flight Up] Reference
One set of reasons for its undesirability emphasizes the potential power and oppressiveness of a global political authority. From Wordnik.com. [World Government] Reference
Then she meets Ken in a cafe across town where she goes to avoid the oppressiveness of knowing everyone in her neighborhood. From Wordnik.com. [12/24/2006 - 12/31/2006] Reference
This work to build up and educate the Afghan National Security Force contrasts starkly with the oppressiveness of the Taliban. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Seuss and the Afghan Military] Reference
I am not arguing about the oppressiveness of a "lifestyle choice" but about the oppessiveness that is inherent in the patriarchy. From Wordnik.com. [Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: Comparitive Oppression] Reference
It had been threatening a thunder storm all evening and the increasing oppressiveness of the air made the young, aeronaut wakeful. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
Go ahead, folks — shoot this idea down, so we can all go back to complaining about the oppressiveness of our corporate overlords. From Wordnik.com. [Time Warner stomps Wilson, North Carolina] Reference
The oppressiveness of her presence, together with the dense jet beading of her bodice, persuaded Sophie that this must be the medium. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-05-01] Reference
The government will no doubt make today's oppressiveness look like grade school work compared to what they have planned in the future. From Wordnik.com. [Leaderless Resistance & the 9/11/08 General Strike] Reference
In another hour, the sultry oppressiveness steadily increasing and the stark calm still continuing, the barometer had fallen to 29. 70. From Wordnik.com. [A LITTLE ACCOUNTWITH SWITHIN HALL] Reference
But the mystery and oppressiveness vanished after the first few seconds of waking, when I identified the missing something as the wind. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 32] Reference
I felt the oppressiveness of the jungle, the abysmal conditions of living in a monsoon with little food, less ammunition and constant fear. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Jones: Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War] Reference
Both of these universally supported objectives are served by a post-war effort which is free from the oppressiveness of fraud and a lack of accountability. From Wordnik.com. [Rep. Louise Slaughter: Our Troops Deserve a Modern Day Truman Commission] Reference
They are loyal and devout, true to their word, courageous and enduring; though the paludier is miserably poor, from the oppressiveness of the salt-tax, he never complains. From Wordnik.com. [Brittany & Its Byways] Reference
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