“And because these old motorcycles are so particular to the rough-and-ready, irrepressibly hip East Village, the riders are also partisan.”

“Apparently it was talent, determination and an irrepressibly optimistic spirit that won this vivacious young woman the role.”

“Tulips are irrepressibly cheerful flowers, and beloved symbols of spring and renewal.”

“At the ballet's close they follow Eva, her charisma intact, as she is banished from this unforgiving, repressively puritanical sect.”

“No one will respect you if you signal reform but act repressively, she advises Egypt's president, Hosni Mubarak.”

“Once again, the government under Soeharto regime face this movement repressively by military approach.”