The day was unusually hot for late April and a still, almost oppressive air hung over the forest.

Heavy oppressive air and a general feeling of discomfort.

She felt cold in spite of the oppressive air of opera-house.

They went out the back door, leaving behind the hot, oppressive air of the packed hall for the cool, fresh evening breeze.

It seemed to die in a puff of white breath in the oppressive night air.

Everything else is "dead": the oppressive air, the earth, the darkness.

Riker took a deep breath of the oppressive air, and hurried toward the door.

Before the door had stopped moving, Tiberius stepped through the opening and into the hot, oppressive air of the command center.

The gallery is painted blood red, and the pictures are presented in heavy black wood frames, giving the show an oppressive air from the start.

An oppressive air of reverence can stir resistance in a first-time visitor.