Sentence example with the word 'represses'

represses

Last update: September 17, 2015


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Which we have already noticed; while the deeper humility that represses the claim of personal merit even in the saint belongs to the strict self-examination, the continual sense of imperfection, the utter reliance on strength not his own, which characterize the inner moral life of the Christian.   [Please select]

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If the head represses no natural pulse of the heart, there can be no question as to your giving your consent.   [Please select]

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The better repression of crime represses the dispositions which tend to crime, and this is Progress in a somewhat higher sense.   [Please select]

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"She may be a little hysterical, for she is a proud thing and represses her emotions as long as she can."   [Please select]

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If play is a natural expression of the child's mind and body, anything that represses play is a hindrance to development.   [Please select]

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The lesson which he thus receives, makes him cautious; he leaves politics, represses his pride, and saves pence.   [Please select]

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He represses so much of himself that it will not stay down.   [Please select]

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Yet, if it is effectual to promote Order, that is, if it represses crime, and enables every one to feel his person and property secure, can any state of things be more conducive to Progress.   [Please select]

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Three days later it asserted, "The North is for freedom of discussion, the South represses freedom of discussion with the tar-brush and the pine-fagot."   [Please select]

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