Repressed

Examples

• Jo's face was very sober, but her eyes twinkled, and there was an odd sound in her voice of repressed emotion of some sort. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She was hurt and angry; but repressed herself in consideration of his suffering, and of his being her brother's friend. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He would have thought, even if there were no such design as that, had he brought him there to play with his repressed emotions, and torment him? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The repressed child said, Yes, I do, miss, and continued to stir the fire perfunctorily. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• My feelings will not be repressed. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The middle ages carefully repressed the minds of men, and hid away in dark recesses the instruments of learning. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• His breathing was a little quickened; but he repressed all other signs of agitation. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• She was exactly the same as when they had parted, just as handsome, just as scornful, just as repressed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• But now that she was left alone with him the fingers of her lightly folded hands were agitated, and there was repressed emotion in her face. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• All particular expressions are evil and must be constantly repressed. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He had naturally repressed much, and some revulsion might have been expected in him when the occasion for repression was gone. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• They ought to be repressed; but to whom dare we commit the care of doing it? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• His manner was grave, but not coarse, and derived some dignity from a certain repressed dislike of the tone of the conversation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It is agony to her often to have these ideas trampled on and repressed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Again she felt the lightening of her load, and with it the release of repressed activities. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• While her husband lived, this feeling was regarded by her as a crime, repressed, repented of. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Miss Ophelia looked keenly at him, and saw the flush of mortification and repressed vexation, and the sarcastic curl of the lip, as he spoke. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He stood with his arms folded; still as a statue; his face pale with repressed excitement. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The stranger turned away, and seated himself beside a gentleman, who had been listening to the conversation with repressed uneasiness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The uncle, a rigid old gentleman of strong force of character; the nephew, habitually timid, repressed, and under constraint. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Mr. Hawley's mode of speech, even when public decorum repressed his awful language, was formidable in its curtness and self-possession. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• They worked on in silence for some time, Gudrun's cheek was flushed with repressed emotion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Her eyes occasionally filled with tears, but those she repressed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I do not own it, said Eustacia, with a repressed, still look. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Justine assumed an air of cheerfulness, while she with difficulty repressed her bitter tears. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• And so the feeling of sorrow which has gathered strength at the sight of the misfortunes of others is with difficulty repressed in our own. Plato. The Republic.

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