All 7 Uses of
repress
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Repression is the only lasting philosophy.†
Chpt 2.9 *
- His breathing was a little quickened; but he repressed all other signs of agitation.†
Chpt 2.10
- The looks of all of them were dark, repressed, and revengeful, as they listened to the countryman's story; the manner of all of them, while it was secret, was authoritative too.†
Chpt 2.15
- He had naturally repressed much, and some revulsion might have been expected in him when the occasion for repression was gone.†
Chpt 2.18
- He had naturally repressed much, and some revulsion might have been expected in him when the occasion for repression was gone.†
Chpt 2.18
- Sometimes, at night on kissing her father, she would burst into the grief she had repressed all day, and would say that her sole reliance, under Heaven, was on him.†
Chpt 3.5
- "Heigh-ho-hum!" said Miss Pross, cheerfully repressing a sigh as she glanced at her darling's golden hair in the light of the fire, "then we must have patience and wait: that's all.†
Chpt 3.7
Definition:
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(repress) to hold something back
or:
to subjugate (oppress or hold others down)