Repressing
[rɪ'prɛs]
Examples
- But I am sorry to say that Fred was under some difficulty in repressing a laugh, which would have been more unsuitable than his father's snuff-box. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The ironmaster, repressing his amused smile, assents. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She is repressing symptoms favourable to the fit when she seems to take alarm at something and vanishes down the stairs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Please remember me, said Dorothea, repressing a rising sob. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Repressing an indignant look, indicative of anything but a disposition to excuse him, Silas pursues his point. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- At this unexpectedly repressing manner in her lover the girl seemed to repress herself also. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Had she not been repressing everything in herself except the desire to enter into some fellowship with her husband's chief interests? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Over her features ran a tremor, which for some minutes she was absorbed in repressing. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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