4 uses
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Definition
to hold something back
or:
to subjugate (oppress or hold others down)
or:
to subjugate (oppress or hold others down)
- She blushed with emotion when he came into the room, she could not repress a smile of rapture when he said anything amiable to her.Part Five (68% in)
- And besides," she said hurriedly, with difficulty repressing a smile, "it's really time to be in bed."Part Two (26% in)
- Anna suddenly interrupted him with an irritation she could not succeed in repressing.Part Four (86% in)
- "But it seems it was the will of God," he added, and as he said it felt how foolish a remark it was, and with difficulty repressed a smile at his own foolishness.Part Four (96% in)
There are no more uses of "repress" in Anna Karenina.
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