How to Use suppress in a Sentence

suppress

verb
  • The governor tried to suppress the news.
  • She could not suppress her anger.
  • He struggled to suppress his feelings of jealousy.
  • I had to suppress an urge to tell him what I really thought.
  • Political dissent was brutally suppressed.
  • The upside is too great to suppress.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • There are some parts of girlhood not even tragedy can suppress.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Hachimura didn’t try to suppress a smile.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
  • Is there a price to be paid for suppressing nature?
    — Franklin Schneider, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Now the vibe has reversed, suppressing some of that froth.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Leaves also suppress weeds, add mulch and enrich the soil.
    — Alice Cason, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Some think it’s being suppressed.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Watch the video above to find out how middle-class wages are being suppressed.
    — Juhohn Lee, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Mulch around the plant to help retain moisture and suppress weeds.
    — Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Add mulch around the plants to retain moisture and suppress weeds.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 27 May 2026
  • Blue-wavelength light tells the brain to suppress melatonin and stay sharp.
    — Allison Palmer june 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
  • Blue-wavelength light tells the brain to suppress melatonin and stay sharp.
    — Allison Palmer updated June 4, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2026
  • When other forms of truth are suppressed, the joke must serve instead.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Some stuff just suppresses balls in play, after all.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • That means that any enduring drop in births should suppress bond yields in the long term.
    — Mike Bird, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2021
  • We’re taught to suppress violence and abuse and so that gives abusers space to thrive.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
  • This process helped suppress spread, even in an active conflict zone.
    — Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Laws against hate speech could be used to suppress speech that the government didn’t like.
    — Time, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Opioids kill by suppressing the drive to breathe.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Is grief, guilt, or shame suppressing your willpower?
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
  • This is another way to simply try to suppress the vote.
    — ABC News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • One neighbor also pulled out a garden hose to try and suppress the flames.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
  • Two engines, one dozer and two hand crews will be working to suppress the fire.
    — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • And boys are encouraged to be strong and to suppress their emotions.
    — Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
  • But the president still has the strength and support to suppress them.
    — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026

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