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Meanings of seemed oppressive in English

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Usage of seemed oppressive in English
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Already, Tom thought, it seemed oppressive, though probably that was his imagination.
Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat; Or, Under the Ocean for Sunken...
2
Finally Napoleonder got up; but the confinement of his golden tent seemed oppressive.
Folk-Tales of Napoleon / Napoleonder from the Russian; The Napol...
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On a mild spring night the mere idea seemed oppressive.
The arms maker of berlin
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On one hand, the local mores seemed oppressive to me as an American woman.
Climbing Magazine
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The sight of his mother seemed oppressive to him.
The Delight Makers
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No sun shone, and the air was very still and warm; to her it seemed oppressive.
A Life's Morning
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She was silent and the quietude seemed oppressive.
A Man and His Money
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The silence seemed oppressive after its brief interruption.
The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth
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The stillness seemed oppressive to Bob as he slowly paddled to the other end of the lake.
Bob Hunt in Canada
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For the first time since I could remember, the darkness seemed oppressive, a place where anything could happen.
Rite of Passage
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It seemed oppressive after the fresh air of the moors, and Hilda watched her cousin's languor with some anxiety.
The Rocks of Valpré
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I could not stay longer, for my presence seemed oppressive to her, and hers was equally so to me.
Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine
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I knew the night just seemed oppressive because I was going to go to an event personally distasteful to me.
Living dead in dallas
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The silence seemed oppressive.
An Unpardonable Liar
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The air seemed oppressive.
Children of the Market Place
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He couldn't stand the strained silences between them anymore, and suddenly the house in Malibu seemed oppressive to both of them.
Family album
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