All 14 Uses of
repress
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- …and endeavoring to insinuate in the ear of the shipowner some evil suspicions against his comrade, and follow Dantes, who, after having traversed La Canebiere, took the Rue de Noailles, and entering a small house, on the left of the Allees de Meillan, rapidly ascended four flights of a dark staircase, holding the baluster with one hand, while with the other he repressed the beatings of his heart, and paused before a half-open door, from which he could see the whole of a small room.†
Chpt 1-2
- As for my disposition, that is, perhaps, somewhat too hasty; but I have striven to repress it.†
Chpt 7-8 *
- , with repressed smile, "come in, Baron, and tell the duke all you know—the latest news of M. de Bonaparte; do not conceal anything, however serious,—let us see, the Island of Elba is a volcano, and we may expect to have issuing thence flaming and bristling war—bella, horrida bella."†
Chpt 9-10
- "The affair in the Rue Saint-Jacques!" exclaimed Villefort, unable to repress an exclamation.†
Chpt 11-12
- But beneath this superficial calm there were in the heart of the young man, and perhaps in that of the old man, many repressed desires, many stifled sighs, which found vent when Faria was left alone, and when Edmond returned to his cell.†
Chpt 19-20
- Edmond felt that the moment had arrived, summoned up all his courage, held his breath, and would have been happy if at the same time he could have repressed the throbbing of his veins.†
Chpt 19-20
- Teresa had become alarmed at the wild and deserted look of the plain around her, and pressed closely against her guide, not uttering a syllable; but as she saw him advance with even step and composed countenance, she endeavored to repress her emotion.†
Chpt 33-34
- "Alas," cried Monte Cristo, striving to repress his emotion, "if Lord Wilmore was your unknown benefactor, I fear you will never see him again.†
Chpt 49-50
- Valentine was looking at her grandfather with a smile of intense gratitude, and Villefort was biting his lips with vexation, while Madame de Villefort could not succeed in repressing an inward feeling of joy, which, in spite of herself, appeared in her whole countenance.†
Chpt 59-60
- Madame Danglars threw a rapid and inquiring glance which could only be interpreted by Monte Cristo, around the court-yard, over the peristyle, and across the front of the house, then, repressing a slight emotion, which must have been seen on her countenance if she had not kept her color, she ascended the steps, saying to Morrel, "Sir, if you were a friend of mine, I should ask you if you would sell your horse."†
Chpt 61-62
- Her secret had each time been repressed when she was about to reveal it, by the sad conviction that it would be useless to do so; for, were it once discovered by her father and mother, all would be lost.†
Chpt 71-72
- Danglars, seeing his daughter smiling, and proud even to insolence, could not entirely repress his brutal feelings, but they betrayed themselves only by an exclamation.†
Chpt 95-96
- On recognizing her step-mother, Valentine could not repress a shudder, which caused a vibration in the bed.†
Chpt 101-102
- Meanwhile Danglars, repressing all emotion, advanced to meet the receiver-general.†
Chpt 103-104
Definition:
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(repress) to hold something back
or:
to subjugate (oppress or hold others down)