SUPPRESSION in a Sentence

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Our enemy has made us human and civilized by forcing us to suppress our narcissistic urges and desires for the good of all.

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 Meanings and Examples of SUPPRESSION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
suppression
 n.  the state of being suppressed, that is, being held in place or restrained by force
 n.  putting an end to the activities of
Classic Sentence: (100 in 7 pages)
1  But Beaumanoir, in whose mind the suppression of each feeling of humanity which could interfere with his imagined duty, was a virtue of itself, repeated his commands that his victim should be unveiled.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
2  In either case the time for suppression is past, and every word which I tell you is the naked truth, and this I swear as I hope for mercy.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott"
3  His aversion to women and his disinclination to form new friendships were both typical of his unemotional character, but not more so than his complete suppression of every reference to his own people.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
4  I alone know the absolute truth of the matter, and I am satisfied that the time has come when no good purpose is to be served by its suppression.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem
5  He believed in all dreams, railroads, the suppression of suffering in chirurgical operations, the fixing of images in the dark chamber, the electric telegraph, the steering of balloons.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
6  Add the suppression of parasitism, and it will be solved.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA
7  Any one might have seen in her haggard face that there was no suppression or evasion so far.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLIV
8  Moreover, Scarlett and her father were bound together by a mutual suppression agreement.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
9  His prayers and fasts availed him little for the suppression of anger at hearing his mother sneeze or at being disturbed in his devotions.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
10  In this state of mind it became easy to wink at the suppression of the Negro vote in the South, and to advise self-respecting Negroes to leave politics entirely alone.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In IX
11  The little man's eyes sparkled as he spoke, and he was evidently in a state of suppressed exultation at having scored a point against his colleague.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
12  This, too, would be suppressed, and the skull had already been buried.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
13  Mrs. Manresa suppressed a yawn.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
14  They were going; above all things, she desired cold water, a beaker of cold water; but desire petered out, suppressed by the leaden duty she owed to others.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
15  But in that moment Rachael started up with a suppressed cry.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII
Example Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1  In 1976 the suppression of an uprising in Soweto, a black township on the outskirts of Johannesburg, ushered in sanctions and boycotts, crimping South Africa's economy.
2  Two decades after the genocide, Rwandans are enjoying longer and wealthier lives, yet extreme poverty persists and activists complain of political suppression.
3  Eye problems can indicate an unhealthy lifestyle with subsequent suppression of the immune system.
4  It was revealed that important evidence had been suppressed.
5  The reproduction and growth of the cancerous cells can be suppressed by bombarding them with radiation.
6  The Professor said that deep sleep allowed suppressed anxieties to surface.
7  The new government quickly suppressed the rebellion.
8  I've so often read in the newspapers, at the end of trials, "There was some attempts at applause, which was immediately suppressed by the officers of the court."
9  These arguments suggest that the medical establishment had an interest in suppressing the research.
10  Our enemy has made us human and civilized by forcing us to suppress our narcissistic urges and desires for the good of all.
11  It is probable that the medication will suppress the symptom without treating the condition.
12  He tried to suppress a smile but felt the corner of his mouth twitch.
13  He who can suppress a moment's anger may prevent a day of sorrow.
14  He continued to suppress the people and serve the imperialists.
15  But guess why they stay home and suppress what they call ethnic unrest?