How to use "repression" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "repression" in popular movie and book plots

  • Zoya continues to live in a state of complete denial and repression of the resultant anxiety.  - Dreamcatcher (2016)
  • Leovigilda and Hermenegilda represent sexual frustration and repression of Spanish Francoist regime.  - Las hermanas Gilda
  • Through her poetry, she expresses her sorrow at the weak state of the nation and the repression of women.  - The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake
  • After years of state repression and surveillance, the masses have become soft and restless.  - Berge Meere und Giganten
  • After being thrown out of his flat, Idem has a chance to observe stupefied citizens who fall victim to the repression of the state apparatus.  - The War of the Worlds: Next Century
  • Fearing the bloody repression that was coming, many Republicans are fleeing the country while others are unable or unwilling to do so.  - Las 13 rosas
  • As a young man he had served briefly as a clerk in the Court of Appeals during the worst years of repression under Pinochet.  - The Judge and the General
  • The end of the movie is the smoke of the burning radios, which speaks both to speaking out and repression of speech.  - Moolaadé
  • Some of the prisoners (64 in ten days) were shot, and a period of persecution and repression began.  - Pedro Juan Caballero (politician)
  • The novel portrays Ellen Rimbauer as a victim of sexual repression and Victorian morality.  - The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red
  • They don't like a routine which criticises the violent military repression and torture of the past.  - Tango (1998 film)
  • As political repression worsens, Jack withdraws from his family and from reality.  - The Designated Mourner
  • An epilogue touches on political history after the kidnapping, when repression continued.  - Four Days in September

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