1.   Brenda repressed the urge to shout at him.

2.   She had repressed the urge to reach over and touch her-this woman who smelled deliciously of perfume and powder.

3.   A child may learn to repress sexual urges that do not correspond to parental expectations, but, well . . . so what?

4.   The authors said their findings are consistent with the theory that homophobic men have repressed homosexual urges, but the results could have been due to anxiety.

5.   Unable to repress urges to be the smartest in the class, she repeatedly raised her hand and shouted out answers.

6.   You can sense her struggling to repress the urge to act naturally.

7.   Yet even she cannot repress the urge to add trendy text to the painting.