He had long ago repressed the painful memories of his childhood. From LearnThat.org. [www.ldoceonline.com/]
Selling ideology not to inspire, but to repress is his main game, and he is quite good at it. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Former Admin. Official Needs Only Three Words To Explain Manipulation of Intel: ‘The Vice President’] Reference
The groans, impossible to repress, that issued through the lips of. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Nights in a Bar Room] Reference
Another cool thing the States are lacking: You can "repress" an elevator button to turn it off. From Wordnik.com. [The Pioneer Woman - Full RSS Feed] Reference
"All of them?" and Cora could not repress a smile. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island] Reference
It may disapprove them and strive to repress them. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
It isn't something to repress or pretend isn't there. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Simpson: Learning to Love in a World of Failed Expectations] Reference
Science does not repress, it invites and assists him. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
Still, he can't totally repress his perfectionist bent. From Wordnik.com. [Old School, New Age] Reference
Tom could not repress a pleased and joyful exclamation. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune] Reference
I could not repress a feeling of profound pity for him. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
Both are nominally communist regimes that repress their people. From Wordnik.com. [The Democracy Fix for the South China Sea] Reference
Mike opened the door with such a bow Tavia could scarcely repress a smile. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale : a girl of today] Reference
Zuker could not repress a movement of astonishment as Paul pronounced his name. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
And it may actively repress other desires or cause them to dwindle and disappear. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
"Normally as an athlete, a veteran of 400 World Cup races, you kind of repress that stuff. From Wordnik.com. [Durangoherald.com] Reference
"Normally as an athlete, a veteran of 400 World Cup races, you kind of repress that stuff. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
Elián probably did what most children his age would do: repress much of his fear and anxiety. From Wordnik.com. [A Time To Start The Healing] Reference
And if people could in fact repress real memories, there was little physiological evidence of it. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
Nonetheless, it is impossible for me to repress the feeling that they are not of the same blood as us. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.: Glenn Beck Wrong on Darwin: How Evolution Affirms the Oneness of Humankind] Reference
The germ of all these traits of character exist in childhood, and a mother can repress or strengthen them. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
Yet this did not repress the desire for conversation; it only made us more cautious, artful, and deceptive. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
In the obscurity of the room his deep-set eyes seemed larger, and shone with the tears he could not repress. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
In the 1990s it dominated headlines so much that you may well have wanted to repress the whole phenomenon yourself. From Wordnik.com. [AN IRREPRESSIBLE IDEA] Reference
He could not repress a movement of anger when he perceived, upon the Prince's table, the marked number of L'Actualite. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It wasn't the first time she'd helped him get dressed, but every time she saw his gaunt body she had to repress a gasp. From Wordnik.com. [Gone Shopping] Reference
And if people could in fact repress real memories, there was little physiological evidence of it, much less an "abundance.". From Wordnik.com. [AN IRREPRESSIBLE IDEA] Reference
Then he turned his gaze on Cora, and the beautiful girl could not repress a shudder as she felt the bold glance of the man. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls] Reference
"He crawled on all fours, Missie," said Slim Jim, addressing Cora with such earnestness that she could not repress a shiver. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar] Reference
A moment later, when the lad had a good view of one of the ladies and a gentleman, he could not repress a cry of astonishment. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island] Reference
Notwithstanding the bitter grief that oppressed my spirit, I could not repress a smile of contempt as the great man entered my cell. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
Forget the people who irrationally insist that a mosque near Ground Zero advances the ability of jihadists to repress American freedom. From Wordnik.com. [Crying Sharia] Reference
Many Tibetans oppose Chinese rule, and complain the Chinese authorities try to repress their culture, which is based on Tibetan Buddhism. From Wordnik.com. [Contemporary Tibetan Art on Display in Beijing] Reference
The Duchess could not repress a smile, knowing perfectly that her interlocutor had been among the first to demand for her son the hand of. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
In consequence of the Longstreet despatch, I felt a concern about my absence which I could hardly repress, but after duly considering what. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Does a severe and constant tax upon the muscular system repress mental development, and tend to make life hard and homely and unattractive?. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
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