Vladimir Putin has daughters who live abroad (and a wife who fled from his oppressive presence).

The familiar waste-land of the empty auditorium engulfed him with its seedy, oppressive presence.

Part of the problem is the oppressive presence of the camera, made more so by efforts to conceal it.

'There is an oppressive presence in the air.'

The oppressive presence of Evil that had sapped my strength vanished.

She saw her uncle only at mealtimes but his presence, brooding and oppressive, filled the house.

Even for those who didn't, they must be a tangible, almost oppressive presence - a ghost forever at their heels, behind every step they took.

I could almost feel the oppressive presence of his bride.

Eragon trembled as he struggled to cast off the Shade's oppressive presence.

In Spain, away from Gertrude's oppressive presence, he could see her clearly.