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Example sentences for "suppressed"

Lexicographically close words:
suppository; supposyd; suppoze; suppress; suppresse; suppresses; suppressing; suppressio; suppression; suppressions
  1. His literary activity was not suppressed by the surveillance of the Inquisition.

  2. Nevertheless, in anti-ecclesiastical circles it is taken very often for an established fact that the Roman Church has ever tried her best to hamper the progress of science, or has suppressed it, or at least scowled at it.

  3. He thought that the paper should have been suppressed by the police at its very first announcement; "the measure neglected at the beginning is to be taken immediately and the paper is to be prohibited.

  4. Here, in the first place, it should become clear whether it be true that the Church has ever looked upon the progress of science with suspicion or even suppressed it.

  5. Bring it here," he said, quietly, but with suppressed passion.

  6. It might have made him stop laughing, and suppressed laughter is as dangerous as suppressed measles when you get on in life.

  7. Mrs. Warrender was full of suppressed excitement, and talked against time that her visitors might not insist upon the one topic of which she was determined nothing should be said.

  8. The college tutors received Warrender with suppressed enthusiasm, with that excitement which the acquisition of a man who is likely to distinguish himself (and his college) naturally calls forth.

  9. Theo, too, had turned round with a suppressed but passionate exclamation, clenching his hands.

  10. This is all extremely unnecessary," said Warrender, with an air of suppressed irritation.

  11. As long as Mohammed lived, Hassan suppressed his real intentions; but he resumed them the moment the death of his father put him in possession of the throne.

  12. Passions suppressed by the sword broke out with greater violence in the end.

  13. It was not possible to put an end to private wars, but they were at length suppressed during certain days of the week; and all the good that such a powerful religion could do was to bring about the adoption of the Truce of God.

  14. Castanheda, in his first edition (1551), adopted this statement, but subsequently suppressed it.

  15. The statement that provisions were sent from Melinde to Calecut can hardly be accepted, and it was perhaps for this reason that Ramusio suppressed the name of that town.

  16. He has not merely improved his literary style, but has also condensed many passages, not always very happily, and suppressed others altogether.

  17. The community was suppressed at the time of the French Revolution, and no relic of it remains save the church--not the original building, but a reconstruction of 1657.

  18. Not that the architects who designed them despised capitals, or were ignorant of their æsthetic value, but they knew where they could be suppressed with advantage and where they could be added with effect.

  19. His tone, the suppressed violence of his manner, frightened Lorraine.

  20. Lone declared with a suppressed fierceness that made them all look at him.

  21. Katherine," said Browne, in a voice that was hoarse with suppressed emotion, "do you know now how much I love you?

  22. It seemed to Browne, however, that there was an air of suppressed excitement about her on this particular evening which he could not understand.

  23. With a suppressed scream she disappeared indoors.

  24. Old McAllister Falkins rose with a suppressed exclamation of dismay, and Henry bit off an oath.

  25. That news sent a drone of excited pleasure through the bluegrass companies, and even into the phlegmatic stoicism of the Shirt-tail battalion crept the suppressed expectation of the first charge.

  26. For answer, she took his face between her hands, and looked at him with such an ill-suppressed fire in her eyes that all he could do was to draw her into his arms.

  27. But she did not notice his silence; there was a suppressed excitement in her very walk; and she breathed in the cold, crisp air with open lips and nostrils, like a wild animal.

  28. Well, I will explain it to you," returned Gonzalo, accentuating each syllable in suppressed rage.

  29. The countess suppressed an impatient exclamation that rose to her lips, for Harley's brow wore that serious aspect which it rarely assumed save when he was in those moods in which men must be soothed, not resisted.

  30. Randal suppressed the half-disdainful smile that rose to his lip.

  31. Yet, in an age in which thought and reason are suppressed by systematised confusion and spiritless perplexity, the very simplicity of a truth will operate against its general acceptance.

  32. There was a suppressed murmur from the crowd, then Hugh with a bound was beside the injured man, and with the assistance of Ande quickly and deftly hauled him from his perilous position.

  33. A silvery peal of laughter from the girl, which was joined by a hastily suppressed chuckle from Ande, caused the rector to notice his condition and he was much chagrined in consequence.

  34. It was a tableau of suppressed excitement, broken at length by the voice of Parson Trant.

  35. He stared at them and then at the crowd of Christmas revellers, who, though now thoroughly quieted, yet had gleams of suppressed merriment on their countenances.

  36. The dogs planted themselves by the fire, gazing fixedly landward, with ears erect, and occasionally uttering a barking challenge, or a suppressed howl.

  37. The boys could not at all understand the evident air of mystery and suppressed excitement which neither their mother, Fritz, nor I could entirely conceal.

  38. Everywhere there was a state of suppressed excitement.

  39. Every one was in a state of suppressed excitement.

  40. Had the old detective stumbled upon something which Dundee, for all his spectacular thoroughness, had overlooked or had been unable to turn up because Strawn had suppressed it?

  41. Dundee stared at the woman incredulously, then suppressed a groan of almost unbearable disappointment.

  42. Quickly suppressed shudders and low exclamations of horror followed him and the chief of the Homicide Squad from the room.

  43. The two men turned and a way was immediately opened for them by the crowd, while a suppressed murmur greeted them as they passed.

  44. At these words there were heard the rustling of a dress and suppressed sobs outside the parlor door.

  45. The cause of this, I daresay, lies partly in the fact that "Sister Carrie" was in general circulation over there during the seven years that it remained suppressed on this side.

  46. His voice was very low, and full of suppressed awe and fury.

  47. The Queen made no further effort to win his notice, but with graceful dignity placed herself beside him; whilst the Prince, quivering with suppressed excitement, stepped behind his father's chair.

  48. Indifferently well," said the page, with a suppressed smile; "I am but a novice in the art of war.

  49. Antoine was received on board with enthusiasm; and, in answer to the eager inquiries which poured from every lip, La Tour briefly related the circumstances of his escape, though he carefully suppressed any allusion to the assistance of Mad.

  50. He pressed her hand with a look that he hoped conveyed the highest respect, the tenderest sympathy, a deep, though carefully suppressed passion, and a longing to administer some refined and courteous consolation, and went away.

  51. It was impossible not to be pleased at Bertie's suppressed enthusiasm when she arrived.

  52. They both looked with suppressed pride at the automobile which was snorting rather impatiently under these personal remarks.

  53. His air of inscrutability and self-restraint was neither more nor less marked than usual; but, to the acute observer, it would have been evident that he was crammed with suppressed and exciting information.

  54. There seemed a sort of suppressed excitement in the air.

  55. Graham can hardly believe her ears: has that rippling, apparently unaffected laughter come from the woman who a moment since appeared all gloom and suppressed anger?

  56. I shall give you a chance of dreaming of me again," says Georgie, with a carefully suppressed sigh, that is surely meant for the beloved olive gown.

  57. He is looking with ill-suppressed admiration upon her fair uplifted face.

  58. Something in the suppressed passion of her tone tells Lord Sartoris that she too is in possession of the secret that for months has embittered his life.

  59. Yes," says Miss Broughton, with a suppressed sigh; "but those are unhappy things.

  60. I must tell you how sorry I am," she says, with a suppressed sob.

  61. The vicar, indeed, is laden with a suppressed and carefully hidden theory that children should never do anything but laugh and sit in the sun.


  62. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "suppressed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    aloof; arcane; backward; bashful; blank; blocked; broken; captive; censored; chilly; classified; close; closed; cold; composed; concealed; constrained; converted; cool; crushed; cryptic; dark; detached; discreet; distant; enigmatic; enthralled; esoteric; expressionless; forbidding; forgetful; frigid; frosty; guarded; heedless; hidden; humbled; icy; impassive; impersonal; inaccessible; introverted; latent; meek; modest; mysterious; oblivious; occult; offish; oppressed; prostrate; quelled; reduced; remote; removed; repressed; reserved; restrained; restricted; reticent; retiring; secret; shrinking; smashed; smothered; sneaking; squashed; stifled; subconscious; subdued; subjugated; suppressed; tame; ulterior; unapproachable; uncongenial; undemonstrative; undisclosed; unmindful; unrevealed; unspoken; untold; unutterable; unuttered; withdrawn