| 单词 | oppressively |
| 例句 | The chamber at the top of the steps was dark, smoky, and oppressively hot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The weather was unlike anything the boys had experienced back home—oppressively hot and sticky. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The fug of body odour, perfume and laundry soap hangs oppressively above bowed, damp heads. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z His mouth tasted sour, his head ached, and he wished the sun were not so oppressively bright and that Master would not speak so loudly over the newspapers at breakfast. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The cockpit was oppressively cramped, forcing pilot and copilot to live cheek by jowl for missions as long as sixteen hours. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z It was an oppressively hot and muggy day, and it was sweltering inside the crowded space of Independence Hall. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It has grown considerably darker in the room and it’s oppressively still. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z My trunk was carried through shadowy hallways to a guest room that was richly furnished but oppressively dark. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It was all oppressively queer, and the Indian smelt stronger and stronger. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The air was still warm, but not oppressively so, almost pleasant. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z As the elimination heats approached, the weather grew oppressively warm—the first intimations of what was about to become a lethal heat wave all across the East. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When rocker boys sacrifice Jennifer to Satan, the scene is absurd and chock-full of Cody’s signature quips, but it is also oppressively dark. What Megan Fox Taught Me About the Power of Subversive Girls 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Between the press of events and a fall slate crowded with oppressively serious prestige films, Florence does feel like a rare thing–a grownup bit of popcorn entertainment with heart. Off-Key, but on Point 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z On an oppressively hot evening last May, David Cornsilk addressed a room of so-called “black Indians” at Gilcrease Hills Baptist Church in northwest Tulsa. Slave descendants seek equal rights from Cherokee Nation 2013-05-21T22:15:00Z There must be 60 people in here, hemmed in by chairs, props and an oppressively low ceiling. Singing in the rain: Regent's Park musicals hit the high notes 2012-05-30T09:04:56Z One shows an oppressively modern housing project in Chicago, another the charmingly crooked Calle Tintoretto in Venice. ‘Thomas Struth: Photographs’ at the Metropolitan Museum 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z The extended takes convey a volatile tension and seethe with the threatened explosion of latent violence, and Hu’s actors offer a similar blend of oppressively disciplined calm barely containing a destructive rage. “An Elephant Sitting Still,” Reviewed: A Young Chinese Filmmaker’s Masterly Portrait of Political and Intimate Despair 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z But Ms. Burke has a way of making even the oppressively cute characters she plays seem grounded in reality. Theater Review: Marin Hinkle in ?Rx,? by Kate Fodor, at 59E59 Theaters 2012-02-08T03:00:00Z We left Charlottesville in his car, on an oppressively lush summer day, and the back roads were strange and dappled; sunlight knifed through the trees in shards. The Ordinary Brilliance of Big Thief 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Then there are the films that manage to do both: The Shallows, Open Water and 127 Hours all micro-engineer their premise to leave their characters oppressively trapped in a place of endless vastness. Don't move! The single-location movies that ramp up the tension on screen 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The larger company maintains a restless, relentless momentum on a fluorescent-lit, institutional set while the ceiling lowers oppressively in the second third. Tibetan choreography master seeks the unknown in others 2010-05-20T06:36:00Z The production, by Jonathan Miller, updates the action from vaguely medieval times to an oppressively grand 19th-century manor house and gives us glimpses of numerous members of the household who aren't in the original libretto. Simon Rattle leads 'Pelleas' in Met debut 2010-12-18T18:31:05Z Her new novel is set in a vacation park in Scotland over the course of a long, cool, oppressively rainy day in August. ‘Summerwater’ Makes an Intimate Study of Social Class Out of a Long, Rainy Day 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Luther can sometimes get so oppressively murky that it was nice to have a wisecracking sidekick to compulsively undercut the drama at every turn. Luther recap: season three, episode four 2013-07-23T21:01:00Z Spared the constraints of academic pre-packaging, you are free to explore the more light-hearted aspects of artistic invention in past cultures that are usually dealt with in oppressively serious fashion. Art Review: Unlikely Wit on Sacred Pages at the Louvre 2011-07-29T11:30:07Z He punches the clock at the oppressively grey headquarters of Initech, a company whose ill-defined mission might as well be breaking the souls of its employees. Office Space at 20: how the comedy spoke to an anxious workplace 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z It was fine, but so oppressively gloomy to sit through that you could never really get excited about it. Why Damon Lindelof's HBO Watchmen should be a triumph 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z When Tito died, I was sixteen, and gleefully eager to partake in the unravelling of the socialist ideology, mainly because I found it oppressively boring. My Mother and the Failed Experiment of Yugoslavia 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z The monster was installed in our tiny lounge, looming oppressively over the settee like an angry drunk, smelling of bitter and Benson & Hedges. David Nicholls Every Good Boy 2011-07-22T22:01:00Z “I, Daniel Blake” builds up an oppressively claustrophobic atmosphere of mounting dread, and you wonder if the stresses of Daniel’s circumstances will catch up with him in his weakened state. Review: ‘I, Daniel Blake,’ Stuck on the Bureaucratic Hamster Wheel 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Though it was an oppressively hot afternoon, the world inside the vines felt cooler, almost air-conditioned. The Italian Winemakers’ Cult 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z The very notion of the story and the dictate to “stick to the story” have been wielded oppressively against original and audacious filmmakers by Hollywood producers from the earliest days of the studio system. The Vacuum-Sealed Efficiency of “Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation” 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Not only can the vocals be oppressively loud, but they feel canned — the opposite of intimate. In this 'Next to Normal,' the message is loud but not clear 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z The clouds disperse and the sun shines plenty, but the temperature doesn’t climb oppressively high. Seattle, a Tasting Menu 2011-06-10T19:22:33Z But anyone looking for the lowdown on haute cuisine will be sorely disappointed: devoid of emotion, context or narrative, the baffling avant-garde techniques and extreme politesse of the lab become oppressively dull. | 'El Bulli': Pushing Cuisine?s Envelope, on a Molecular Level 2011-07-26T16:43:02Z When Tito died, in 1980, I was sixteen, and gleefully eager to partake in the unravelling of the socialist ideology, mainly because I found it oppressively boring. My Mother and the Failed Experiment of Yugoslavia 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z But to capture that detail the new print seems to have been digitally bleached and brightened; the deep shadows and darkling skies of the old version now seem oppressively cheerful. DVDs: Mythic Mash-Up in Feverish Color 2010-08-29T02:23:00Z At times, the film feels oppressively claustrophobic, as walruses surround the marine biologist's small cabin; at other times, it feels empty and desolate, with the wintry Arctic landscape shutting us off from the outside world. Salon's totally (possibly) infallible Oscar predictions: Who will win? And who should win? 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z It is a relief to descend from the oppressively designed, ideologically forced “Print/Out” to the wide-ranging eclecticism of “Printin’,” a related but very different print-focused exhibition on the second floor. Art Review: ?Print/Out? and ?Printin? ?at the Museum of Modern Art 2012-02-16T23:07:07Z Their alternating tenderness and tetchiness with each other is made slightly absurd by the almost oppressively cosy atmosphere; there are dolls and porcelain figurines everywhere. Magical realism 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Rowan Joffe's new film, updated to the 1960s, is particularly evocative of this quality, at times almost oppressively so. Brighton Rock's themes are too big for the screen 2011-02-07T12:04:15Z At the outset of a show like this, any shortcomings in the secondary plot are excusable given the complexity of Plum’s interior world, a metaphorical cage of hunger and an oppressively small one at that. Unpacking the violent desserts of AMC's "Dietland" 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z I realize this all must sound oppressively chipper to someone stuck in bridge traffic with no perceivable end. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: He wanted a change of pace, but not in this direction 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z She is dressed in an oppressively formal way, in dark clothes that anticipate her mature image – a childhood lost to royal destiny. How to paint a royal baby: why we need a new kind of portrait this time 2013-07-22T15:47:10Z This is clear from the oppressively strict regime that Chua describes. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua ? review 2011-01-30T00:09:03Z Two women are said to be “so oppressively hip there are about four square blocks in the world where they can exist.” Review: ‘Prodigals’ by Greg Jackson Skewers the Elite 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z It’s also, cruelly, his brightest film visually, a murky story told within an unforgivably and oppressively darkness-free Alaskan summer, without anywhere for characters to hide from the things they’ve done and the guilt that lingers. From Memento to Interstellar: our writers pick their favourite Christopher Nolan films 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The central third of the set, by contrast, is mostly electronic, almost oppressively so. John Grant – review 2013-05-18T15:00:03Z A group of galleries rather oppressively evokes the living room, dining room, bedroom and study of a well-heeled collector, rooms where every object aspires to the status of art. Art Review: ?If You Lived Here, You?d Be Home by Now? at Bard - Review 2011-08-25T22:30:54Z In three hours of listless dolor, Matt Reeves’s oppressively dour “The Batman,” which came out this spring, turned its hero into a comically emo Bat-adolescent. The Antihero’s Last Gasp 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The interior was oppressively hot, and opening the windows made no difference. Don’t make these travel mistakes: 7 writers share stories about blunders on the road 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z It was an oppressively sultry Wednesday afternoon, and New York City felt like a sauna. The Rodarte Sisters’ Dramatic Return to New York 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z The ballroom scene, with its crimson draperies and lugubrious manners, recalls the grandiloquent gothic style of Corman's Masque of the Red Death, and serves, very effectively, to embody the oppressively conformist society Shakespeare portrayed. English National Ballet: Romeo and Juliette ? review 2011-01-06T22:01:00Z The ruthless manipulation of detail and design is essential to Moore's achievement, but it runs the risk of becoming oppressively formulaic, or even claustrophobic. The Pre-War House and Other Stories by Alison Moore – review 2013-05-17T13:01:01Z The passing matrons could be Edwardian, wearing a genteel uniform – funereal hat and oppressively long coat, gloved hands and festoons of pearls round the neck – for a promenade to the shops. The big picture: Julie Christie and Dirk Bogarde film Darling, 1964 2011-02-13T00:05:50Z The oppressively powerful third movement, "Scheherazade and the Men With Beards," is stern judgment. Violinist Leila Josefowicz is a powerful storyteller in John Adams' 'Scheherazade.2' 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z It’s set in a vacation park in Scotland, on a loch in the middle of nowhere, over the course of a long, oppressively rainy day in August. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z The reason he destroys so many of his site-specific paintings is surely that he does not want to make art that imposes itself oppressively on the world. Richard Wright's stellar art shines next to Rembrandt at the Rijksmuseum 2013-03-14T13:19:05Z In the oppressively orderly culture of prewar Europe, “Fantômas” offered a fantasy of violent escape and perfect autonomy. DVD: When Fant?mas Held All of Paris in His Criminal Thrall 2010-09-19T04:36:00Z But it is also unburdened by the artist’s oppressively unforgettable, often disturbing life story, of which there was as yet not much. Picasso Becoming Picasso 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z “It gives a little taste of theater and romanticism at a time when life feels almost oppressively real.” The Corset Keeps Coming Back 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Expect the customary surveillance cameras throughout a suburban home; jump cuts; bodies and faces pressed oppressively close to the lens; de rigueur dark hallways, closet doors and distant noises. Movie Review: ‘Paranormal Activity 4,’ by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman 2012-10-20T02:57:18Z Even the feeble attempts at humor don't work because the solemnity surrounding those moments stifles the capacity for joy, like a tiny match struck in an oppressively damp basement. Alita is a fascinating badass. "Alita: Battle Angel" fails her at every turn 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Tsubasa Kamei’s lighting design transferred the focus from one tank to the next but left much of the stage oppressively gloomy. Dance Review: Makiko Tamura/Small Apple Co. in ‘Tank’ at the Joyce SoHo 2012-07-15T21:16:21Z Hahn grew up in Seoul in the nineteen-sixties and seventies, in a household with “oppressively conservative” parents, myriad rules, and a bathroom. A New Castle on Fifty-Seventh Street 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z “Here I Am” has its own gaggle of oppressively endearing and overachieving children, with their cello and fencing lessons and precocious existential questions. ‘Here I Am,’ Jonathan Safran Foer’s Tale of a Fracturing Family 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Here, she plays the statuesque chatelaine of a grand but oppressively gloomy country house. Nicole Kidman’s top 10 films - ranked! 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Most of the time, the valet shuts off my oppressively cold air conditioner, forcing me into a readjustment period to get the temperature back to 68 degrees before I can speed off into the evening. Valet is the pinnacle of aspirational L.A. living 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z But years of rain have caused an explosion in plant growth, which is drying out after Australia's warmest winter on record, and an El Nino-affected summer promises more oppressively hot and dry conditions. A haunted Australia stares down bushfire disaster again 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Even though Mawar caused no deaths or catastrophic destruction, officials said that as of Wednesday only 28% of power had been restored on the oppressively hot and humid island. Born in a typhoon: Many, including newborns, remain without electricity as Guam recovers from storm 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z The Los Angeles Times called it an "oppressively self-important talk hour starring a Cincinnati news anchorman and former mayor". Jerry Springer - godfather of reality TV 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z "It's obvious the criminal legal system can punch down - it's proven that, and oppressively so," Ali said. A wary US watches Trump in criminal court, hoping for justice 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z “Boston Strangler” also suffers from an oppressively drab style, with a surfeit of dim lighting, muted colors and arty compositions. Review: Keira Knightley pursues the 'Boston Strangler' in Hulu journalistic thriller 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Played by Tom Hanks in one of his most grating performances, Parker emerges as a villain so oppressively distracting, you might wonder if he should’ve been squeezed into the title. All the 2023 best picture Oscar nominees ranked, from worst to best 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z But it’s Fraser’s smart, humane, vulnerable performance that too often seems trapped, in this case by a film whose mawkishness so oppressively weighs him down. Review | ‘The Whale’: Brendan Fraser is great, the movie not so much 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z It is oppressively dull work, but at least it isn’t the bilge. Recruited for Navy SEALs, Many Sailors Wind Up Scraping Paint 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Elizabeth Lee Beck, a Miami litigator and member of Mr. Rhodes’s class, said that Mr. Rhodes struck her as tolerant and open-minded within an institution that could seem, to her, oppressively liberal. From Yale Law to Oath Keepers: Stewart Rhodes’s Unlikely Journey 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Congo gained its independence in 1960 from Belgium, which had ruled the colony oppressively for decades. Why Is There So Much Turmoil in Eastern Congo? 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Although humidity levels won’t be oppressively high, it will be muggy enough that it feels several degrees hotter than the actual air temperature, or close to 100. D.C. could see hottest May weather in at least a decade on Saturday 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Ms. Anderson, the documentary filmmaker, described nights in her apartment when she felt so oppressively lonely that she would not answer her telephone, even though the conversation might improve her mood. How Loneliness Is Damaging Our Health 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Even in an oppressively conformist society, she had refused to cave to the system. Perspective | Merkel rose to command Europe — thanks to her East German humility 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z She hoarded newspapers and other materials so oppressively that her husband moved out and ultimately ended the marriage. Review | The messy family saga and complicated characters behind Roe v. Wade 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z My first sight of Emma Raducanu at this US Open came on one of those typical late summer New York days: oppressively hot, and uncomfortably humid. 'Calm & composed' Raducanu rising to every challenge 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Despite the threat to his life, and the oppressively strict circumstances he's now living in, the virologist who became Belgium's most public figure in tackling the Covid pandemic is remarkably calm. Belgium's Van Ranst: Covid scientist targeted by a far-right sniper 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z I remember watching it on a day that felt oppressively dark; afterward, the air felt just a little softer, and my step a little bit lighter. Why you will fall for ‘Amelie,’ a charming filmic Valentine with Audrey Tautou | Movies with Moira 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z By the time the video was recorded, Sheikha Latifa said, she led an oppressively restricted life in a palace in Dubai, followed everywhere by minders. Aggrieved Women in Dubai Ruler’s Life Find Vindication in a British Court 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z But the advice can quickly turn judgmental and oppressively conservative. Facebook’s proposed regulations are just things it’s already doing 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z But the weather was oppressively hot in summer and cuttingly cold in winter, with heavy snow. Column One: She was a test case for resettling detainees of Japanese descent — and unaware of the risk 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Zubair asked that I not use his real name, and he kept his face wrapped tightly in a scarf, though it was oppressively hot. The Shattered Afghan Dream of Peace 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z It is an unholy practice, the telling of a life story that isn’t one’s own on the basis of oppressively massive quantities of random, not necessarily reliable information. Susan Sontag and the Unholy Practice of Biography 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z There are too many prestige cable dramas now that are just like this movie: oppressively self-serious and drearily grim, with more investment in their premise than their plot. Review: Reviews: Dinosaur-riding Nazis in ‘Iron Sky, The Coming Race’ and more 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Perry keeps showing up, a totem of an oppressively construed notion of race and faith, funnier each time he’s mentioned. The Ecstatic Doubling of “A Strange Loop” 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z A chicken liver pâté is whipped to a thick, silken pudding, but the flavor is musty and oppressively organy. Review: The Farmhouse at Roger's Gardens suffers from convoluted cooking 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z I endured one oppressively humid birding tour a few summers back and quickly grew frustrated by the difficulty of locating an osprey through my loaner binoculars. Perspective | I never meant to be a birder. But the birds didn’t give me any choice. 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z There’s a modern hospital bed, a reception desk, and a waiting area with a vast expanse of oppressively cheerful salmon-pink tile. Jackie Sibblies Drury on the Work of Caregiving and Taking 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Even grimmer, darker superhero pictures like Avengers: Infinity War and Venom pride themselves on their moments of levity; superhero movies without substantial jokes are usually derided as oppressively humorless. Holmes & Watson’s failure shows how film comedy is changing 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z It appeals to what they call a widespread feeling of mussalai — the best translation for it being a sense of “oppressively hurting.” A Hotline for the Broken-Hearted and the Poison-in-Hand 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z What one might call craft, Lorde calls the “sterile word play” of an oppressively white, male literary canon that advocates “imagination without insight”. Is contemporary poetry really in 'a rotten state' - or just a new one? 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z And candidates found “defaming” their opponents or straying into certain sensitive topics — such as Bhutan’s oppressively close relationship with India — face fines or reprimands. In tiny Bhutan, known for its pursuit of happiness, democracy brings discontent 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z But, even after that escape, there’s little drama—the whole thing remains gentle, observational, oppressively decent. Meeting Cute on “YOU” and “Forever” 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z One of those views seems liberal and the other looks oppressively conservative. Opinion | How Do Christians Fit Into the Two-Party System? They Don’t 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z But Trump is far from the only conservative politician to ignore the interests of family life and to use government’s power oppressively where immigrants and other subordinate groups are concerned. Opinion | Humanity won this time. But there’s a hard road ahead. 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The room is not oppressively or simplistically macho. The Gentleman Cave: How to Create a Tastefully Macho Room 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Hildegard Bechtler’s set is unadorned, save for rows of studio microphones that hang oppressively from above, as if recording every word. “Mood Music” lays bare the exploitative side of the music industry 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, even though the characters are sharply defined, "Seven Years of Night" is so oppressively somber that it's hard to handle at times — even when it's working. 'Seven Years of Night' is a strained specimen of Korean noir 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z The Maracana didn’t quite fall silent - yet - but for the first time doubts were creeping in and the atmosphere became oppressively muted. World Cup stunning moments: Uruguay's 1950 triumph in Brazil 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z In a duet early on between two solo basses, "The Lord is a man of war," Handel's music is oppressively cheerful. Israel and Egypt, then and now, as filtered through Handel and the Master Chorale 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z In a duet early on between two solo basses, “The Lord is a man of war,” Handel’s music is oppressively cheerful. Israel and Egypt, then and now, as filtered through Handel and the Master Chorale 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Claiming that the Abbey’s owner deceived Arthur, the state is seeking more than $5,000 in damages from Szakaly and an injunction that would prevent the Abbey from “oppressively one-sided or harsh” rules. A hotel punished guests for bad reviews with a $350 charge. It’s now being sued by the state. 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z The menace of spoilers looms oppressively large in a tale as suspenseful and as haunted by the unexpected as this one is. ‘L’Accident’ Review: Road to Ruin 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z It is a tropical ecosystem out here, oppressively hot. ‘This is hell out here’: how Behrouz Boochani's diaries expose Australia’s refugee shame 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z The doors had not reopened quite as wide for Jillian, whom I visited on an oppressively humid spring afternoon in Florida. Why Are More American Teenagers Than Ever Suffering From Severe Anxiety? 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Washington will send Max Scherzer to the mound, a pitcher that Maddon on Sunday called “oppressively difficult” against right-handed hitters, which prompted Maddon to insert an extra left-handed hitter into his Game 3 lineup. Cubs load left-handed bats vs. Scherzer, Nationals lineup sticks 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z “I mean, he’s just so oppressively difficult versus right-handed hitters, I thought it might be wise to get one more lefty out there.” Cubs manager Maddon pondering changes against Scherzer 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z The picture is a detective story, with Gosling’s blade runner, called K early on and Joe later, trudging the fog-shrouded, rain-soaked streets of oppressively crowded and dingy Los Angeles and environs. ‘Blade Runner 2049’ review: Imaginative sequel keeps up with the original 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Russian election revelations and related headlines hung so oppressively over the administration’s initial six months that Mr. Trump described them as a political “cloud.” Donald Trump, Russia investigations return with Congress 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z It wasn’t that it ever felt oppressively hard or unfair throughout. Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s Trial of the Sword challenge will turn you into a speedrunner 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z For whatever reason – the rules imposing silence on the factory floors, its pervasive reputation for tragedy or the general feeling of unpleasantness the environment itself imparts – Longhua felt heavy, even oppressively subdued. Life and death in Apple’s forbidden city 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z The wood on the interior walls had been rigorously stained, and was almost the color of fudge, a stark contrast to the world outside, which was relentlessly, almost oppressively bright. David Sedaris: Why Aren’t You Laughing? 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Men have obviously been oppressively excluding them from those jobs for decades. Opinion: After a Historic March, What’s Next for Women? 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z The knee hadn’t been oppressively swollen in a while. Ping-Pong as the Fountain of Youth 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z These prosecutors performed so irresponsibly and oppressively that a bipartisan congressional majority quietly allowed the statute to lapse. Cracks in the International Criminal Court 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z On one oppressively hot day in the month that the purges began, Cheng’s father was made to sweep the school grounds for hours without being allowed a sip of water. The search for answers about how the victims of China's Cultural Revolution actually died 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z At a time when FM radio was oppressively dominated by huge, mainstream bands including Led Zeppelin and the Bee Gees, the anger and abrasiveness of the punk scene was a jolt of energy. Slash: the LA punk fanzine that was too snotty to live 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Even though Clinton, 68, was described as feeling overheated, the temperature at the ceremony was in the high 70s, not oppressively hot. Hillary Clinton's Health Returns to Center Stage 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z But with all due respect to Francis Ford Coppola, everyone who saw Ali and Frazier nearly kill each other that oppressively sticky Manila morning knew it was the original “Apocalypse Now.” Muhammad Ali Evolved From a Blockbuster Fighter to a Country’s Conscience 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z It had the uncluttered, oppressively clean formality of an official residence. A Voyage to the End of the World 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z The relentlessly quirky and whimsical tone is oppressively maintained with the constant tooting of two-piece band Ninja Trombone. Relentless quirks aside, 'The Dog Wedding' gets in some nice rom-com bites 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Indeed, the reputation of their slivovitz—never mind their even more vaunted poire, made from pears grown on the family orchard in nearby Parkdale—almost oppressively precedes itself. Blake Bailey Takes On a Bottle of Clear Creek Distillery Blue Plum Brandy 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z It is an oppressively humid day in South Florida and Jeb Bush has come home to declare his candidacy for president. One year, two races: Inside the Republican Party’s bizarre, tumultuous 2015 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Oh, yes, it would be he, yet another encroachment of the modern on the oppressively perfect class system that kept the Abbey's Georgian magnificence running. 'Downton Abbey' gears up for a grand old-fashioned finale as a new age dawns 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z It creates the conditions by which the spectre of social, spiritual and biological death hang over our heads on a daily basis so oppressively, the crises become seamless. Disaster capitalism is a permanent state of life for too many Americans | Steven W Thrasher 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z It’s edgy without being oppressively dour a la The Man of Steel. Watch The Batmobile Chase The Joker On The Set Of 'Suicide Squad' 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z She accuses Kleiner of treating her “despicably, maliciously, fraudulently and oppressively” from “an improper and evil motive amounting to malice.” Ellen Pao Suit Against Kleiner Perkins Heads to Trial, With Big Potential Implications 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z The U.S. in the early 1980s was beset by a series of long-term economic problems: soaring oil prices, double-digit inflation, oppressively high interest rates and a weakened dollar. The Too-Much-Of-A-Good-Thing Economy 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z That means the weather they create also move more slowly, which leads to very extreme weather that hangs around oppressively for weeks. Big Waves in Jet Stream Means Extreme Weather 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z For a player who can be oppressively analytical, Seager has been pressing all season, overanalyzing, watching too much video, making too many tweaks. Kyle Seager breaks out in dramatic fashion for the Mariners 2014-04-24T02:37:56Z Since the mid-2000s, we’ve been hearing that content marketing – drawing customers to you through the creation of blogs, podcasts, videos, and more – is the secret to cutting through the oppressively noisy media landscape. Content Marketing 2.0: How To Cut Through The Clutter When Everyone's A Media Producer 2013-12-10T14:41:00Z It seems that Francis’s oppressively forgiving position on not judging others has left some Catholics feeling marginalized and excluded. A Coming American Schism 2013-09-20T16:03:00Z Let’s be clear: From a saver’s point of view, rates on fixed-income products across the board remain oppressively low. How to Position Your Nest Egg for Rising Rates 2013-07-08T14:00:27Z Aren’t oppressively low bank rates crushing the lifestyle of folks concentrated in conservative investments? What Retirement Crisis? Retirees Say They’re Doing Just Fine, Thank You Very Much 2013-06-07T12:00:49Z Virtually impossible, with oppressively cost prohibitive development time. Trouble for Android Phone Makers 2013-01-09T09:30:00Z Most elusive of all is anything that resembles touch football of the sort favored by weekend warriors, those oppressively serious types who act as if life itself were on the line. City Room: The Day: After the First Snap in 1954, the Swine Bowl Tradition Lives On 2012-11-26T14:14:07Z “Our apartment became cozy as opposed to oppressively small.” Living Large in Tiny Spaces 2012-09-22T14:04:03Z IT IS a dreary, enervating routine—one with which Rushdie is oppressively familiar. Islamists’ Final Stand 2012-09-17T05:00:00Z However, the path between the idea and the execution remains oppressively long for critics and supporters alike, both in terms of financing and logistics. North Africa's Solar Transmission Troubles 2012-08-27T13:49:57Z But it seems more likely that Wall Street is underestimating the degree to which individuals—retirees, most notably—will continue to flood into dividend stocks as long as rates remain so oppressively low. Dividend Stocks May Be the Next Bubble -- Look Out Below 2012-07-24T13:35:36Z The alarming stats pile up oppressively: Greenhouse gases are set to double in the next 50 years. The 1992 Earth Summit failed. Will this year’s edition be different? 2012-06-07T19:52:00Z It was early in July; the weather for some days had been oppressively warm. I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z For many days previous the sky had been overcast, and the weather, notwithstanding the season, oppressively hot. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z He was oppressively aware of his embarrassment in her presence and the consciousness of it made him feel all the more so. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z As the sun rose higher, it became oppressively hot in the moist atmosphere of the wood. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z To exclude the dull roll of the thunder was less easy, for the night was oppressively hot, and behind the cloak the casement was open. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z By demanding the unconditional repeal of all statutes which confer upon individuals, classes, companies, corporations, or callings, special bounties, grants, privileges, or profits which in their operations act oppressively upon the laboring and producing classes. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z In the meanwhile it was oppressively hot, and the air was very still. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z For if the German stoves were oppressively hot, the French salles à manger were bitterly cold, and above all stormy. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z The chapel was very full, it seemed to him oppressively hot, and he felt the blood flushing his forehead. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z In private life he was not oppressively epigrammatic or logical, and not at all ruthless; and everybody called him "Billy," which in itself did much to deprive him of his terrors. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z The low grounds are delightful, the whole country exhibiting a rich appearance; but the weather was oppressively warm. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z It was an oppressively hot morning, and a heavy, dingy sky hung over the vast morass which they could see through the openings between the scattered huts. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z He pulled down the blanket, for although the air was fresh and cool at the entrance, the cave was oppressively warm. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z However oppressively the charge of consigning a relative to the ground may bear, upon one of slender means, the tongue of complaint is effectually tied. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z He, oppressively prudent where I was concerned, wished to accompany me "in case of queer business," but I discouraged this idea without hurting his feelings. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z The longer this is deferred, the more oppressively will the want of manual labour manifest itself; and the more advantages will foreign emigration secure. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z As the day advanced, it became oppressively hot; not a drop of drinkable water was any where to be seen. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z The Socialists, because he had not applied the law as oppressively as they would wish. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z How often, and how oppressively, the spirit of this interrogatory has agitated the bosom of the impoverished man of fashion! Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z From the moment he invaded its rather oppressively respectable precincts, No. 14, Brinkworth Street, by some alchemy of the spirit of place, began to work sensibly upon the Sailor. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z The day was warm and bright, and early in the forenoon it became oppressively hot. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z The trail seemed darker than ever, and it was oppressively still. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z The gentlest being imaginable in tone, address, and demeanor to foreigners or his equals, he was oppressively haughty to his inferiors, unless they were necessary to his purposes or not absolutely in his power. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z Fancy our Prime Minister pouncing oppressively and illegally upon the very obscurest provincial paper going—say the "Land's End Farthing Illuminator!" Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z It was a wonderful morning, cloudless, perfect, not too oppressively warm. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z The people over here—especially the gentlemen—are much more what I should call almost oppressively attentive. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z The weather was oppressively warm again on this day, and business in Ecorse was apparently not "booming." Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z The measured beat of the surf and the gleam of spray were familiar things; the forest was mysterious, and oppressively silent. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z The day was oppressively warm, with hot glints of sunshine, and it seemed to Herrick that the bright, feverish streets swarmed with the rumors of Christina's triumph. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z And thus, having nothing to do until the promised trucks arrived, Bertram realised that it was terribly hot; suffocatingly, oppressively, dangerously hot; and that he felt very giddy, shaky and faint. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z “It’s a very oppressively warm day, and the air is so dry it makes me thirsty.” The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z At Saint Stephens Toby was shorn, the weather being oppressively hot. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z The air was oppressively still, and a half-moon hung like a great lamp low above the sea. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z The regions in which they now found themselves were oppressively hot, but they only slept the sounder. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z The heat of the forenoon was oppressively humid and dinner was nearly lost through it. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z When in summer it is oppressively hot, and a heavy shower comes, it is often more oppressive during the rain than before; but after the rain the weather is, as we call it, cooled off. Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes 2011-08-29T02:01:12.927Z The night was oppressively hot; a still, sultry sky brooded over the city, and the stars shining out from a purple mist on to the Campanile near, and the slopes of Bellosguardo in the distance. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z The days are no longer oppressively hot, and the nights become so cool that we are glad to snuggle under a buffalo robe or a woollen blanket. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z But the mishap of his own personal adventure, every way unfortunate as it was both for himself and the cause in which he had engaged, was not that which weighed most oppressively upon his mind. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z Yet our modern tinselled dunces have taken the place of the one who, in her lifetime, was made almost oppressively great—almost too colossal in her supremacy. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z The day was hot, but not oppressively so. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z Frightfully dusty, oppressively hot, and streets and buildings absolutely hideous.” The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z The weather was oppressively warm; all the windows were open, but they seemed to admit only the dust and noise of the street. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z Notwithstanding our heroine's apparent firmness, therefore, in presence of her stern relative, every note of preparation which was wafted into her chamber sent the blood oppressively to her heart. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z True, our sense of reality is oppressively intense in the physical realm; we clutch, with death-like grip, that from which the Soul has escaped. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z The sun shone oppressively; there was hardly a soul to be seen. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z The heat oppressively great in summer, rain intolerably abundant for seven or eight months of the twelve. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z But had he the heart of a savage, to say nothing of a Christian, he could not have acted more oppressively. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z The ultramontane and oppressively burdensome church had been taunted with its lack of Christian charity, apostolic poverty and primitive virtue. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z On the afternoon of the 17th of July, an oppressively hot and sultry day, our train descended from a high and volcanic table land to the narrow valley of Burnt River in Southeastern Oregon. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z In most things this bond of allegiance does not bind him oppressively nor chafe him distressingly; but in some things it is drawn rather painfully tight. Congressional Government A Study in American Politics 2011-04-15T02:00:18.863Z Already the room had become oppressively hot, and I noticed beads of perspiration stand out on Sir Charles Venner's forehead as he bent to examine his patient with a stethoscope. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z The air was oppressively sultry and damp; it crushed him with a sense of hopeless anxiety. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z The evening was oppressively warm, and through the wide-open window came the faint effluvium of populous cottages and the distant but raucous cries of children at play. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z "The calls were a form of torture oppressively frequent in amount and often without attribution to an identifiable number." Credit card borrower 'tortured' 2011-03-02T23:23:12Z The day has been so oppressively warm, more like July than May. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z The sun was near its setting as he reached the pine forest bordering on the park, but the air was still oppressively hot, and not a breath stirred the ferns that grew on the roadside. The Eichhofs A Romance 2011-02-19T03:01:37.327Z The sun shone brilliantly and yet not oppressively. Roger Davis, Loyalist 2011-02-17T03:00:22.690Z He is painfully talkative, and oppressively evangelical, which renders him specially abhorrent to Lilian, who has rather a fancy for flowers and candles and nice little boys in white shirts. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z For a while his timid manner, and an overpowering sense of the great odds against him, seemed to weigh oppressively on him. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z June, with its oppressively hot days, was at an end. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z It should be kept in mind that there is no evidence on record that this power has been used oppressively otherwise than in the rate of commission charged. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z But this brilliant, self-conceited, affected, oppressively handsome young man, on whom she had seen Lucy Money and her mother hanging devotedly, was quite another sort of person. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Barring a thickly wooded plateau south of the Peace we passed through no forest oppressively dense. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z Opinions similar in principle to these, already prevail widely among the artisan class, and weigh oppressively on those who are amenable to the opinion chiefly of that class, namely, its own members. On Liberty 2011-01-12T03:00:34.363Z An hour's drive and the heat of the sun became oppressively intense. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z The chief objection to the interior is that it appears oppressively narrow. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z A Trade Union was thus not offensive to a Radical except when it abused its rights and acted oppressively. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z In the summer, it’s routinely 100 degrees and oppressively humid in Arlington, a serious deterrent to anyone contemplating an evening at the ballpark. Nolan Ryan?s New Pitch 2010-10-01T20:19:00Z Contrary to some naysayers’ concerns, the Landaus’ timber-frame home will be neither stuffy nor, at 2,000 square feet, oppressively small. Can We Build in a Brighter Shade of Green? 2010-09-25T22:18:00Z Still, he says, he finds his new prominence oppressively hard to escape. The Saturday Profile: Quiet Man Cleared of Murder Speaks Out on False Confessions 2010-08-14T00:31:00Z Within two short stops, I was trapped in an international phone booth surrounded by oppressively loud conversations in Spanish, Russian, Chinese and a bit of Brooklynese. Metropolitan Diary 2010-06-21T01:50:00Z Here in Nigeria in the past four weeks the weather has been oppressively warm - and humid. In the dark 2010-04-07T07:06:00Z Academic scrutiny of almost every aspect of the Supreme Court is oppressively comprehensive, and now three sets of researchers have identified the empirical analysis of oral dissents as a new frontier. In a Polarized Court, Getting the Last Word 2010-03-08T17:41:00Z Cromwell treated the province oppressively, and forbade the other colonies to trade with it. The Ifs of History Cool southerly winds also prevail during this season, so that it is rarely oppressively hot. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands It was his first sorrow and it was so heavy, so oppressively heavy. Small Souls It was an oppressively hot day, just in the middle of the harvesting. A Sister's Love A Novel The moon did not rise, at once, and it was very dark and gloomy, as well as oppressively warm, in the chaparral. The Red Mustang The two flaring tallow candles in the bar illumined the overcrowded, oppressively hot room, and were reflected in the polished blades of the scythes. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers The heavy clouds hung oppressively low, and it was already dusk. The Mystery of Evelin Delorme A Hypnotic Story The climate, especially from March to the end of June, is oppressively hot, rising sometimes to 105� and 107�, and even during most of the night not falling much below 100�. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" The weather is oppressively warm, and the Public slightly irritable in consequence. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. August 6, 1887. Bombay Island itself, though in general cooled by the sea breeze, is oppressively hot during May and October. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" June was oppressively hot and he was hankering after some quiet place where he might do some sea-fishing and get some golf. A Bed of Roses The noon-tide sun, though not oppressively warm, was still sufficiently fervid to render the shade of the grove, and the cool mountain brook in the deep ravine, no unpleasant objects to wearied travellers. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency There is no current of the slightest chill anywhere, neither is it oppressively hot. To Cuba and Back Then, when the meadows were oppressively hot, my leafy garden was a shady bower to linger in. A-Birding on a Bronco The door was shut; the fire had burnt down, leaving nothing but glowing charcoal, and the room was oppressively hot. Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times "It's so oppressively warm in here," she said. East Angels In each hand was a long-barreled Colt, held in a manner oppressively businesslike. The Orphan If the air of the great, spheroid subterranean nation were allowed to freely obey the laws of gravity, it would be oppressively dense in the lower levels, and excessively rarified in the upper ones. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 But the British had received so severe treatment that it required weeks for them to recover, and the summer became oppressively hot. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Then the scenery began—poured forth with the reckless profusion of Nature, who when she wants to be amiable succeeds only in being oppressively magnificent. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel It was not oppressively warm—not warmer than a June night at the North. East Angels Writing in January, she says the weather is oppressively hot—such is the difference in seasons. Harper's Round Table, May 14, 1895 They left them to this endless task, and went on, Daniel talking in his oppressively loud voice of the number of the deaths. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington It was quite cool when we left Omdurman, but now the weather had quite changed, and we felt it oppressively hot; we saw mirages constantly, and were often deceived by them. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 There are no points where summer temperatures are oppressively high or winter temperatures are intolerably low. Area Handbook for Romania He was a singularly handsome man—as has been said before—almost oppressively handsome; and a certain wasted look about his eyes and cheeks added a new and striking effect to his appearance. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. The night was oppressively silent save for the sound of drums and chanting from the village. The Blind Lion of the Congo Outside, the scenery is oppressively green, the green of spinach; there is no variety; there are no ilexes, and there are no olives. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June The crowd had been for a hike to Lost Mine, and, returning, had dawdled lazily, for the air was almost oppressively balmy. Under Boy Scout Colors The lowlands have mild winters, averaging about 45°F. Summer temperatures average 75°F., humidity is high, and the season tends to be oppressively uncomfortable. Area Handbook for Albania They were oppressively practical and drove wonderful bargains; and then suddenly they would flare into inexplicable passion over something which he for the life of him could not comprehend. Command Now it would be oppressively heavy and humid; now it would be so dry and thin that we began to feel faint. Stamped Caution Under any other circumstances it would have been a beautiful march; although oppressively hot in the early part of the day, the weather afterward was all that could be desired. The Last Campaign of the Twenty-Second Regiment, N.G., S.N.Y. June and July, 1863 The wind had died down and the snow-clad woods stretched away before them, dim, white, oppressively silent, the tree-trunks black, the laden hemlocks distorted into queer shapes and shadows. Under Boy Scout Colors The man is so oppressively blunt and downright," she said, "that one never knows what to expect from him next. A Life Sentence A Novel The air was oppressively sweet with the fragrance exhaled by southern vegetation on a summer evening. Cathedrals of Spain When he ceased to speak the silence and the night fell oppressively on them. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. The flowers were the white blossoms of the frangipani, whose fragrance was oppressively strong. The Pearl of India It was very still and quiet there, almost oppressively so. Better than Play The mutineers had made a great fire of driftwood, more for its cheerful effect than for any other reason, for the night was oppressively warm. Doubloons—and the Girl The executive department in performing only executive functions can, in the absence of other checks, act oppressively. Concerning Justice Although they were among the mountains, at times the air was oppressively hot, not a particle of breeze reaching them. Through Apache Lands It was the fortune of war, and if she had thought of it she might just as well have been kneeling on Joan's chest, as Joan was kneeling, somewhat oppressively, on hers. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons Something had happened to G. W. The day was oppressively hot, but his languor and sadness had vanished. A Little Dusky Hero Their confidence will be abused—their lands craftily trafficked for nought—their ignorance cheated—their inferiority treated oppressively; and then what must naturally follow? Thoughts on African Colonization Nevertheless the haze of anxiety still lay oppressively over Captain Hunter's mind. The Cartels Jungle The weather was not oppressively warm, and the ever-changing scenery was like the most entrancing panorama passing before his eyes. Through Apache Lands He kissed her many times, oppressively—little ravenous pecks that were febrile rather than loving; and assertive of his new proprietorship. Coquette The two colors, white and black, of which this landscape was composed, struck the eye powerfully, almost oppressively. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Old Highland families disappeared from amid the aristocracy and landowners of Scotland; and the population of extensive islands and sea-boards of the country, from being no more than adequate, suddenly became oppressively redundant. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. She is, under a ridiculous assumption of slangy modernity, oppressively conventional. An Ocean Tramp The August night was warm; the garden, banked by trees and shrubbery, was breathless and oppressively hot; yet the body of Atwood seemed frozen! Astounding Stories, May, 1931 The man remained for an oppressively extended period; Woolfolk could see his heavy, drooping shoulders and sunken head; and then the other moved to the left, crossing the rough open behind the oleanders. Wild Oranges I 199 do not mean oppressively or repulsively instructive; but that the thoughts they express should be just, and the feelings they excite generous. The Elements of Drawing In Three Letters to Beginners One is disposed to apply to so oppressively didactic an author the cautious criticism of Talleyrand on his female friend,—"She is insufferable, but that is her only fault." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 The landscape was beginning to gray as heavier clouds moved down from the mountains and pressed the afternoon heat closer, more oppressively to the ground. One Martian Afternoon The weather became oppressively hot and mosquitoes swarmed from the sloughs. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia The atmosphere felt oppressively close, and was tainted with gaseous odours, which had been tormented forth by the processes of science. Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories It was an oppressively hot night in mid-August. Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships He was immensely kind to her, almost oppressively kind. Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists Looming over the great transparent dome hung the flaming disk of Jupiter, so oppressively near that it seemed about to crash onto the asteroid. The Affair of the Brains The wind had gone down, the atmosphere was oppressively warm, the sun's reflection from the glassy stream came with almost scalding effect upon our faces. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo It was not an oppressively large one; that is, I never was mobbed in the streets by Polly's admirers, but they existed, and Heavens! how many letters they wrote! The Girl Scouts: A Training School for Womanhood Nevertheless, with the place crowded the atmosphere was oppressively hot. The White Lie Close in front the trees rose in a shadowy wall against the clear blue sky; there was no wind, and it was oppressively still. Blake's Burden Up through a neatly melted round hole, up at the great glasslike dome which arched over the whole settlement—up, past it, into the vast face of Jupiter, hanging out there oppressively near! The Affair of the Brains If the room had seemed dark before to the young detective, it was now most oppressively black. The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street In this confined space the air was oppressively warm, and the miners threw off their blouses, leaving them in the drift near the entrance. Down the Slope The superintendent was more impressively solemn than usual, and to the young minister, accustomed mostly to city Sabbath schools where the average boy conducted himself with considerable freedom, the place was oppressively rigid. Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro The whole place was still, oppressively still—not a bee hummed, not a bird sung. Frances Kane's Fortune Little patties are baking in the kitchen, the weather is oppressively hot, and every leaf and bird seem as if deprived of motion. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Unfortunately, he did not seem even to suspect them; he remained quite oppressively mild and amiable. In Brief Authority The dinner was beautifully cooked and served, and was not oppressively long. Home Life in Germany It was less oppressively modern that the rest of the house and he had an idea the master of Stormly was not responsible for that. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker Its riotous absurdities well overbalance its examples of the oppressively heavy.... The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production Miss Ormond said that must be the effect of the crystal, as the afternoon was still oppressively hot. The Invader A Novel The sun was oppressively hot, the path almost unshaded, and our whole party very exhausted, especially Faimungo, carrying his load of stolen goods. The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals It is oppressively warm, and Captain Ball begs us all to come into a restaurant and get some cooling drink. Under the Southern Cross These huge homes of the corporation and the bank, with entrances as sternly embellished as palaces of justice, are oppressively significant of business. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 Presently the room seemed to her oppressively hot and she rose and opened the casement. Bandit Love It was oppressively hot; not a breath of wind was stirring. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines Similarly in the case of other articles of universal necessity, when oppressively but necessarily dear. Principles Of Political Economy She had felt mildly happy and oppressively good all day. Captain Desmond, V.C. The law, too, might be used oppressively by the niggardly and narrow-minded. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. The stadium had grown oppressively still; then broke into along “ah!” A Victor of Salamis Torn clouds floated across the hills towards the north-west, the stars shone dull, and it was very lonely and oppressively silent, nowhere was there a trace of life, human or animal. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Hence it happens that wheat, much more than manufactured products, is subject to oppressively high prices and oppressively low ones, during a long period of time. Principles Of Political Economy The weather, which had all day been oppressively hot, had suddenly changed, and the rain was now pouring down in torrents. On the Equator His r�le was that of the comrade, gay with good spirits and warm with friendliness, solicitous of her needs, but not oppressively so. Brand Blotters To-night these quarters are quite oppressively redolent of the commingled scents of drugs, unguents and ointments. Fibble, D.D. From April to October inclusive, the weather is oppressively hot, with a closeness in the atmosphere that renders respiration difficult, and existence, without a punkah, almost insupportable. Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. It was oppressively silent in that far-off mission home for a few minutes. Flash-lights from the Seven Seas The atmospheric currents from the north, which pass over the hot sand-flats, are not of constant occurrence, but they are oppressively sultry. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests I do not mean oppressively or repulsively instructive; but that the thoughts they express should be just, and the feelings they excite generous. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing He looked very hot, his wavy hair lay damply on his brow, and he appeared excited, oppressively alive. Studies in love and in terror And, wishing to dance, in Paris, I have been guilty of visits to the great dance halls and to the small smart places where champagne is oppressively the only listed beverage. The Merry-Go-Round There was to be no bevy of young ladies, oppressively attentive to their small charges, causing the children to drink scalding tea in a paroxysm of shyness. Vixen, Volume I. His honor appeared, wiping his learned brow, for it was an oppressively hot day, and the clerk proclaimed that all persons might draw near and be heard by the honorable court. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 I was weak enough to rescue him, and he immediately proved so oppressively grateful that I have never been able to escape from his clutches from that day to this. Three Hats A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts Thick heavy clouds obscured the starless sky, not a breath of wind was stirring, the air felt oppressively close and sultry even at the hour of midnight. Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History An oppressively hot parching wind from the deserts of Africa, which in the southern part of Italy and Sicily comes from the south-east; it sometimes commences faintly about the summer solstice. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Joel adored her; Jim Finch gave her the clumsy homage of a puppy—and was at times just as oppressively amiable. All the Brothers Were Valiant Richelieu had made no efforts to reform the financial administration of France, and both the direct and indirect taxes were levied unfairly and oppressively. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 As one after another of the lingerers left, the dormitory became quieter, almost oppressively lonesome, to Bill at least, who was social by nature; but Gus, the hermit, rather enjoyed it. Radio Boys Loyalty Bill Brown Listens In The waterways were all alike, muddy, tree-bordered, steamy, oppressively malodorous, and swarming with reptiles. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Somehow all the mysterious influence which had seemed to surround Mary at their first meeting with her was now oppressively noticeable within that house. The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening The night was oppressively warm; one of those dry winds that are the curse of that country was blowing up from Kansas. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays She accepted favours herself and she only wanted to be good: that was oppressively true; but if she had not been Selina's sister she would never drive in her carriage. A London Life and Other Tales There was silence in the club room for a minute or so, and the ticking of the clock was oppressively loud. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France His soul was calmed; and so are the elements, fearfully and oppressively, sometimes an hour before the tempest and the storm. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 September is usually a delightful month, although at times oppressively sultry. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) She promptly turned it into a debt, and the more she loved the debtor, the more oppressively and inexorably did she extort the uttermost penny from him. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. A step which utter wretchedness first suggested to me; which seemed terribly galling, oppressively revolting; which I ventured upon with inconceivable pain. Fairy Fingers A Novel On coming out of Frankford we passed over a high old crazy bridge; changeable weather, thunder and rain and still very oppressively hot between the gleams. A Journey to America in 1834 The day was oppressively hot, and the British army uninfluenced by fear were not able to continue their advance until the cool of the evening. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 He attempted, moreover, to establish by the authority of the preamble to the Constitution the violence of the "presumption that the majority of the people of a State may be oppressively subordinated to the minority." The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 The days were long and calm, and yet not oppressively hot. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky Arrived at his room, Dennis, influenced by his accelerated circulation, was convinced that the apartment was oppressively warm, and divested himself of his coat and waistcoat. The Flaw in the Sapphire I merely hinted at a possible and partial incentive to these people's friendship for you, so that you need not feel it incumbent to be oppressively grateful, you know. Lady Betty Across the Water Monday, March 16th.—During the last three days the weather has been warm, but not oppressively so: last evening a light shower of rain was followed by a lovely night. Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II. It was oppressively hot; and the rooms of the palace were crowded with gentlemen, adherents of the court, who had come to devote themselves finally for their king and his family. The Peasant and the Prince The day was warm, but not oppressively so; and he watched her coming languidly up the road, till he saw that it was Amy Clere. The King's Daughters "He agrees with me that learned people are all oppressively dull, and that the only tolerably exciting society is found among scalping Indians." Paul Patoff The day was one of the hottest we had known, and towards night it became oppressively close. Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. The atmosphere was oppressively close and warm, and the oilskins that Moya wore seemed to weigh heavily upon her. The Highgrader From necessity, life in the ward-room is an oppressively close one at best. Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty A few days later the sun came out oppressively warm. Dollars and Sense For all that the sun was in the sky, there was something oppressively lonely and deserted about Devil Island. Frank Merriwell's Cruise Written in an oppressively popular style with emphasis on Baxter and Le Blond. John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut It is a very distressing case," says Mr. Buscarlet, blowing his nose oppressively,—the more so that he feels for her very sincerely; "distressing, indeed. Molly Bawn The air was for a time oppressively hot and still. The Long Roll But we have now arrived at the point where this sense of inadequacy falls most oppressively on the heart. The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion The day was, as I have already intimated, oppressively hot: there was a stiff wind from the south and the dust rolled up the avenue in clouds. The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice Suddenly a terrible change occurred in the atmosphere, which became oppressively sultry and horrible, while low muttering thunders were heard, and heavings of the earth felt. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines By this time it is nearly five o'clock, and as yet oppressively warm. Molly Bawn He says the hot-house ones smell oppressively, but the wild ones make him comfortable.' Bluff Crag, or, A Good Word Costs Nothing I remember thinking the night oppressively hot, and was thankful that Mr Ringer was good enough to drive me from the barracks into the town. Paddy Finn It was none too soon, for the yellow haze seemed to be increasing rapidly, and the wind, which at one minute was oppressively calm, came the next in ominous hot puffs. Bunyip Land A Story of Adventure in New Guinea To Harold Excell, fresh from the wide spaces of the plains, the town appeared smothered in leaves, and the air was oppressively stagnant. The Eagle's Heart Close to a fire, although the day is oppressively warm, and wrapped in a flannel dressing-gown, sits an old man,—old, and full of the snarling captiousness that makes some white hairs hideous. Molly Bawn He knew and felt most oppressively that everything almost was against him. Amos Huntingdon As the door closed behind them Montt shivered, although the night was oppressively hot, and Jim could have sworn that he heard the sound of an animal’s pads retreating down the passage behind them. Under the Chilian Flag A Tale of War between Chili and Peru Patty and Conny and Priscilla, washed and dressed and chastened, were wandering arm in arm through the summer twilight, talking—a trifle soberly—of the long-looked-forward-to future that was now so oppressively close upon them. Just Patty The rooms were suddenly oppressively hot, and the molecular cooler was struggling to lower it. Islands of Space Not one gentle or heartfelt trait softened the harshness of those manners, which were based wholly upon merciless despotism, and weighed oppressively not only upon the peasants, but upon the younger members of the family. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections As regards the climate of Mexico generally, it might have been supposed that it would be oppressively hot, the country lying, as it does, towards the Equator. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development His inferior servants were treated even still more oppressively. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. He bore all these indignities with the utmost humility, and he daily beheld his followers treated oppressively. A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885 The floor under my feet and the air around me were oppressively present to my senses, while my own hand I could not have located. The Promised Land It was a clear midsummer day, not oppressively warm. Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation His gait was a little stiff and oppressively regular, but he went straight ahead, and did not oscillate the least bit. The Man With The Broken Ear Here, where the winter cold is so piercing, it is oppressively hot in summer. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The weather was oppressively hot, and certainly the roads could not well be more dusty. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland The sultry air of August, confined in the chapel walls, and deprived of its vital principle by so many heaving lungs, weighed oppressively on mine. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author When their immediate lord was a prince, the area of whose feudal jurisdiction was more extensive, his rule was less oppressively felt, and their condition was therefore considerably improved. German Culture Past and Present His heart, that seared and hardened heart, unmoved when the convict’s cudgel or the heavy whip of the watchman fell on his shoulders, beat oppressively. Ten Tales Dinner that evening was an oppressively silent affair. The Great Amulet The night was oppressively warm, and the tall, narrow windows were thrown open. The Winning Clue The evening was oppressively hot, and we walked on the fine bridge, hoping to meet a breeze. Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre The weather was oppressively hot, nor do I remember to have suffered more from the sun than during this little journey. Recollections of Europe The little cabin had been almost oppressively warm, and they had completely got over their chill when they left it, closing the door behind them. With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War The town is mean in appearance, and has a very unhealthy climate, oppressively hot and humid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Even in the fiercest gales there is shelter here for the red-roofed fishing village that surrounds the harbour, while on a warm afternoon the air is almost oppressively hot. A Book of Quaker Saints The caf�s, so tumultuous and excited at the opening of the Revolution, are oppressively silent now. The French Revolution A Short History The river was yellow with mud, and the air oppressively hot and heavy. Captain Jinks, Hero As the atmosphere became oppressively heavy, Boyton wanted to knock the valve off with a hammer; but the engineer showed him if that were done, they would be drowned. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Were it not for the wealth of vegetation—all new to trans-tropical eyes—and the concerts of monkeys and macaws, oppressively lonely would be the sail down the Napo between its uninhabited shores. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America And Granny, in reality, presided at the vicarage; not oppressively, for she was one of those sagacious magnates who are satisfied with the substance of power without loving its show. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes This temperature, after that of the minus fifties, in which we had been traveling, seemed almost oppressively warm. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club Althea could not have said why, but for the rest of the meal, and after she had gone back to her sitting-room, the thought of the young lady in black remained almost oppressively with her. Franklin Kane You, with your hundred thousand things to do, cannot conceive how oppressively dull my life was. The Four Feathers "Expecting company to-day, very distinguished company, too," said Mrs. Chapman, advancing and bowing her head oppressively, "and how very annoying not to be dressed as one wants to be." The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family Though the sun was oppressively powerful, we moved on without resting till dark, when having arrived at our old position near Marlborough, we halted for the night. The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 There was neither wind nor sun, but the air was almost oppressively pure. We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys It was upon the thought of that charm that she dwelt when the long meditations became oppressively confused. Franklin Kane The sea is angry and discoloured; the day most oppressively sultry, and the atmosphere thick, sulphureous, and loaded with an almost impalpable dust, which falls on the paper as I write. The Diary of an Ennuyée Late as it was, the evening was almost oppressively warm, and I was glad to throw off my shawl. Milly Darrell and Other Tales The red-checkered linen curtains were drawn at the head of the bed, and Dorcas had placed the candles on this side of the room, so that the light might not fall oppressively on Caterina's eyes. Scenes of Clerical Life But the feeling of the cage was oppressively vivid, and she clung as closely to her aunt's side as she could. The Title Market All was still, oppressively still; she could hear the pounding of her own heart. The Strange Case of Cavendish In fact, the heat became almost unbearable or, as he put it, "oppressively moist, making it hard to breathe." The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects The day was oppressively hot and no one on the Friendship put forth more exertion than was absolutely necessary. Dewey and Other Naval Commanders Here they had an uncomfortable hour's wait, while the low smoke-stack belched black vapours into the dirty drab mist that lay oppressively upon everything about the harbour. Atlantis The Dons won’t let them stop up, unless they are likely to take high degrees; and, even if the Dons would permit it, it would be too oppressively dull for the young men. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses The militarism which Colonel House had felt so oppressively in Berlin society was especially manifest on this occasion. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I It took no definite shape, it brought no definite warning; but she was oppressively conscious of its presence and its weight upon all her thoughts. Sally Bishop A Romance The room was still crowded, and it was oppressively warm, with an atmosphere redolent of woollen and silken fabrics, like a milliner's shop on the day of a sale. A Comedy of Masks A Novel Still, the dining-room, like all the other rooms in the châlet, was singularly clean, and almost oppressively neat. The Chink in the Armour But so weak were the men that several were taken sick in coming down; the weather being oppressively hot. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. By noon, when the sun has grown oppressively hot, I find myself set down at a sort of rural town, once flourishing, and of some importance—Bethune. A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg On an oppressively hot June morning, when I finally got away, the alcalde rode along with me for a couple of miles. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan The air was oppressively hot, and the sea lay like lead. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India It was unspeakable grief to part with Mrs. Markham, who alone understood how oppressively her secret weighed on her, and her incessant anxiety for news from the seat of war. Bluebell A Novel They reached Baltimore late in September, yet found the weather in that latitude still oppressively warm, and roomed at a hotel. For Woman's Love It would be wrong to say that he felt in any degree embarrassed on looking into the face of one whom he had so oppressively injured. Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One He said nothing, only sat still a long time, and Barbara thought it was getting oppressively quiet. One of Life's Slaves To exclude the dull roll of the thunder was less easy, for the night was oppressively hot, and behind the cloak the casement was open. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France They went upstairs together; the great house seemed oppressively empty and silent. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India It was oppressively warm, and man and beast were utterly fatigued. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. Heavy clouds hid both moon and stars, and the air was oppressively hot. The War Chief of the Ottawas : A chronicle of the Pontiac war "Tell me," she continued, sitting up a little and seeming to throw off the oppressively heavy spell of her environment, "who are the important people hereabouts?" The Bells of San Juan It silenced her and made her the more oppressively submissive. The Spinners They were opposed to compulsory treatment of recalcitrant patients, arguing that any law of the kind would be used most oppressively against women. Venereal Diseases in New Zealand (1922) Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Health appointed by the Hon. Minister of Health The evening of August 31st was oppressively warm. Famous Modern Ghost Stories It was an oppressively hot August morning, and no breath of wind stirred the forest. The War Chief of the Ottawas : A chronicle of the Pontiac war The sky was clear of clouds and the day promised to be a beautiful one, without being oppressively warm. The Cave in the Mountain A Sequel to In the Pecos Country / by Lieut. R. H. Jayne The gloom is alive with mysterious and impalpable menace; the encompassing presences which everything suggests and nothing betrays, grow more and more oppressively real, until the decisive moment when Roland's blast suddenly lets them loose. Robert Browning No one could justly say that the Shalems were either oppressively vulgar or insufferably bumptious; probably the chief reason for their lack of popularity was their intense and obvious desire to be popular. When William Came Yet the day had been oppressively warm, and evening had brought no relief. The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories Evidently the residents found the climate too oppressively hot for church that Sunday morning. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time Near in front the trees rose in a shadowy wall against the clear blue sky; there was no wind, and it was oppressively still; the darkness of the woods was impenetrable and its silence daunting. The Intriguers We again set forward at ten A.M. on the 2d, the weather being calm, and the sun oppressively warm, though with a thick fog. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 His tone colourings are never used densely or oppressively, but only serve to heighten the suggestiveness of the whole. Edward MacDowell It was really time he got them out of Melrose's clutches… …The room was oppressively hot! The Mating of Lydia They mounted to the top of the bus, Oleron protesting that he should not miss his overcoat, and that he found the day, if anything, rather oppressively hot. Widdershins Quite a hundred villagers or farming people, young and old, filled the room, and the air was oppressively heavy. Westways And she was handsome, well provided, well connected—oppressively so, indeed; a man might quail a little before her relations. The Marriage of William Ashe One evening near the end of July we were sitting after dinner in the drawing-room at Royston, having the French windows looking on to the lawn open, as the air was still oppressively warm. The Lost Stradivarius The day had been oppressively hot, but there were no immediate signs of a storm. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 The latter personage was flabby in flesh, and the oppressively civil counter-jumper style of his youth had grown naturally into a deportment of most imposing pomposity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 It was oppressively hot, and had it not been for Jack's anxiety he would have enjoyed the swift cooling passage through the thundery air. The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone The afternoon is oppressively hot, and the men are comfortably snoozing in all sorts of outlandish places among the scrubby camel-thorn. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama It was broad day when I awoke, and oppressively warm in the little cabin. A Trip to Venus The weather is now very warm—oppressively so. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America He was one of those oppressively quiet men who possess the unhappy knack of appearing wholly out of touch with all social surroundings. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories But he was almost oppressively refined and scrupulous and high-minded. Lady Connie It was a small room, oppressively musty and humid. The White Morning I have said that there is another side to the desert; though there is something queer in talking of another side to something so bare and big and oppressively obvious. The New Jerusalem The day was warm, without being oppressively hot, as it too often is during the summer months: and for a wonder the mosquitoes and black- flies were so civil as not to molest us. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America I was in the virator, but it was uncomfortable to remain inside, as the air was oppressively warm. Zarlah the Martian A feeling of anger with the insulting fellow was rankling oppressively in his breast, and he made up his mind that he would do him some injury, whatever it cost him. The Bishop and Other Stories She remained close at his side, gently fanning him, for the day was oppressively hot. The Two Elsies A Sequel to Elsie at Nantucket If other powers deal unjustly or oppressively with either Government, the other will exert their good offices, on being informed of the case, to bring about an amicable arrangement, thus showing their friendly feelings. Korea's Fight for Freedom It culminated in resolutions of protest against Thorne personally, against his rangers, and his policy, alleging that one and all acted "arbitrarily, arrogantly, unjustly and oppressively in the abuse of their rights and duties." The Rules of the Game His face was clean shaven and shining, his sparse hairs were laid out to the best advantage, his collar spotless, his frock coat oppressively respectable, and his tout ensemble irreproachable. The Firm of Girdlestone Neither his visits nor his lessons had been oppressively frequent, while the kindnesses which he had showered upon them, from a distance, had been unceasing. Missing "The heat!" she echoed; "why, it is a delightful day! warm, to be sure, but not oppressively so." The Two Elsies A Sequel to Elsie at Nantucket That black and appalling cloud, which four years ago hung oppressively over the country, had poured forth its fury and was now passing away. Abraham Lincoln, Volume II To me it seemeth a strange thing that Daniel, the worshiper of the God of Israel, should frame a law that bears oppressively on himself and upon thousands of his nation within the realm. The Young Captives: A Story of Judah and Babylon Many of the feudal perquisites had been arbitrarily augmented, and oppressively levied. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 485, April 16, 1831 Taxation, for example: no system of taxation can be arranged that will not bear oppressively upon some interests or section. Famous Americans of Recent Times Now the host sings out to the Honourable Sniftky to draw his chair closer and be jovial, as if people, after an oppressively expensive dinner, can be jovial to order. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 The day was oppressively hot and the King came near fainting in the saddle. Hero Tales of the Far North While we read, the Princely Electoral coat-of-arms was being taken down from the City Hall, and everything began to appear as oppressively desolate as though we were waiting for an eclipse of the sun. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes His manner was oppressively respectful; his address diplomatic; his step stealthy as a courtier's. In the Days of My Youth Patriotism languished in dot-like States oppressively administered, without associations to awaken pride, or generous interests to evoke devotion. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe The air was soft, and almost oppressively mild, for the bracing east wind was gone, and a tender wooing zephyr was fluttering among the crumbled leaves, and helping them to their expansion. Fated to Be Free He was glad, as the weather was now oppressively warm, and he greatly preferred to sleep on a blanket in the open air. The Lords of the Wild A Story of the Old New York Border To-day was oppressively hot, brooding, airless; or rather, not so much without air, as that the air was thick and viscous like honey, without the thin, fine quality. The Silent Isle There were no mosquitoes, the weather was not oppressively hot, and we slept well. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The air was so oppressively nauseating, that Miller could not remain below for more than two minutes. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 374, June 6, 1829 During my night watch last night I could observe the rapid falling of the wind, which on dying away left a still atmosphere almost oppressively warm at 7°. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The reason why this power becomes so very formidable, and is often so oppressively tyrannical in its exhibition, is very obvious. The Crater They were open to their widest extent, but the place was oppressively close. The Obstacle Race The weather would have been oppressively sultry but for the gentle breeze which constantly drifted landward with coolness in its wings. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 Her husband was polite; but Marian, comparing him with the English gentlemen of her acquaintance, thought him rather oppressively respectful, and too much given to conversing in little speeches. The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage When, by some accident, the whole Family was simultaneously silent, you could not help noticing what an oppressively still place London was. This Is the End I was also oppressively struck with the melancholy forebodings that appeared in Chloe's manner, rather than in her words, and which made it apparent that she doubted of her young mistress's recovery. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" Pink's place was more than filled by Fun, who was so oppressively affectionate that he never could leave his mistress alone. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 There are, unhappily, but too many instances of free nations that have behaved oppressively. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 The sun is now oppressively warm; the heat is unlike anything I have felt in America. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. Here the evenings in summer are not so oppressively hot as in the town below, and dense as the shade is, the air is dry and elastic. Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America It cooled my person, which was suffering from the intense heat of a summer's sun beating directly on a boundless expanse of water, and it varied a scene that otherwise possessed an oppressively wearisome sameness. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" It grew oppressively hot in the hut, and I went out into the air to cool myself. A Hero of Our Time It formed the subject of her dreams, and haunted her; now in one shape, now in another; but always oppressively; and with a sense of fear. Dombey and Son The day was beautiful, but almost oppressively warm, and, as they so frequently wished, I let my dear ones up in the balloon, securely fastening it below. The Lost City The weather was oppressively hot, and on the last day an exasperating but providential invasion of the hall by a swarm of flies hurried the signing of the document. Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch Outside her window helpless immobility seemed to be combined with intense consciousness; a meditative inertness possessed all things, oppressively contrasting with her own active emotions. The Woodlanders I felt easier after that, although the room was oppressively hot and enervating. The Circular Staircase He had allowed for depths, but these were greater: and it was as if, oppressively—indeed absurdly—he was responsible for what they had now thrown up to the surface. The Ambassadors Her heart began to beat oppressively: she was in a mood when the simplest things seemed ominous. The Reef The day was not oppressively hot, yet I saw that the doctor was perspiring profusely, and even the outside surface of the thick shawl dressing-gown, in which he had wrapped himself, appeared to be moist. Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East Leonard returned to his home circle garrulous about his Russian strike experiences, but oppressively reticent about certain dark mysteries, which he alluded to under the resounding title of Siberian Magic. Beasts and Super-Beasts And her picture of the minutely hierarchical constitution of the society of that city, which she presented to him in many different lights, was, to Winterbourne's imagination, almost oppressively striking. Daisy Miller The next morning was sultry, and the air, usually so fresh at those altitudes, was oppressively heavy. Roderick Hudson The attorney rose, made another bow, and threw back his head, and moved in a way that was oppressively gentlemanlike to the door, and speedily vanished at the little wicket. Wylder's Hand As a contrast to the oppressively Western matron from Kansas City, here is Mistress Fidelia Oldaker on the arm of her attentive son. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation A small space divided the queen from Mrs. Robinson, whom the constant observation and loudly whispered encomiums of her Majesty most oppressively flattered. Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire There was indeed something oppressively and yet prettily Victorian about the riparian retreat to which Lady Laura Belsize had retired in her impoverished widowhood. Mr. Justice Raffles Here were rough garrets, oppressively hot on a day like this, but each and all obviously serving some absent client of the hotel as temporary dwelling-place. The End of Her Honeymoon Altogether, then, it was not oppressively wise or witty talk, but it was eminently satisfactory to its makers. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking The sun beat oppressively on his head and blistered his shoulders through his net undershirt. The Cruise of the Dry Dock |
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