| Various means of electronic monitoring discussed below could further increase the oppressiveness of house arrest. |
| There was no suggestion of oppressiveness in the air and a windsail was not necessary to keep the cabin fresh and cool. |
| Good terrorists are those whose actions are justified by the oppressiveness of the system they oppose. |
| The tax system and the oppressiveness of our tax burden is killing Canadian industry. |
| As he points out, studies of the German colonial period often emphasize the actions of state and the oppressiveness of colonial authority. |
| He had no doubt of the oppressiveness of Republican rule, and the need of shaking it off by vigorous measures. |
