| The kind of emotion which this examination, joined to the oppressiveness of the air, occasioned, was choking the baron. |
| He got the feeling of being expected to contribute to the oppressiveness of the occasion. |
| For all its oppressiveness and self-interest, the junta has wanted to appear conciliatory since seizing power eight months ago. |
| In order to give you a faint idea of the oppressiveness of our etiquette, I shall mention a few examples. |
| Good terrorists are those whose actions are justified by the oppressiveness of the system they oppose. |
| He had no doubt of the oppressiveness of Republican rule, and the need of shaking it off by vigorous measures. |
