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Meanings of more oppressive in inglés

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Usage of more oppressive in inglés
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The air was more and more oppressive as the day went on.
Pointed Roofs: Pilgrimage, Volume 1
2
It seems to me that the atmosphere already grows somewhat more oppressive.
The Poison Belt
3
There are no tyrants more oppressive than the tools of absolute power.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 1: The Middle Ages
4
And tedium is more oppressive when there's not the excuse of idleness.
The book of disquiet
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His daily work was a burden which grew more and more oppressive.
The Unclassed
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Never had silence seemed more oppressive nor his sense of loneliness greater.
The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange
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But a lot more oppressive, and that's without the possessed after me.
The Naked God
8
The thudding sound of a machine below grew louder and more oppressive.
The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
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The silence was more oppressive than before; it was appalling-itwas tremendous!
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
10
Why was the tyranny of Sparta more oppressive than that of Athens?
Early European History
11
States such as China and Russia are much more oppressive than the US.
The Guardian
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The imposition was now renewed in a much more oppressive form.
The Leading Facts of English History
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The atmosphere of the place had become more and more oppressive.
The Just and the Unjust
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Silence enfolded him again, all the more oppressive and menacing in his suspense.
The Lone Star Ranger: A Romance of the Border
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The stifling heat of the room seemed to get more oppressive.
A Master of Fortune: Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle
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Overhead the bright sun beamed down as the heat became ever more oppressive.
The Tarn of Eternity
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