stifled

How To Use stifled In A Sentence

• Still the visitors pressed, but a spirited start to the second half was soon stifled.
• Look you," he said in stifled gutturals, turning to St. Vincent. CHAPTER 22
• When the Indians set fire to the main building as well as the sheds, the flames fanned into a sunburst, and their smoke stifled the people of Fort Mims.
• She stifled a cough/yawn/scream/sneeze.
• A slight tendency towards "barracking" on the part of the crowd was quickly stifled, however, by a brilliant effort from James, who by means of all-round play built up an attractive break of Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21
• He stifled a groan and touched her cheek, soft and flushed with sleep.
• The introduction and failure of this project provide a good idea of why a separate black economic agenda has always been stifled.
• This meant that in his search for a new language to express himself he was obliged to break existing artistic conventions, which required an elegance and polish that stifled all feelings.
• A ghost is gasping for air, as if it were being stifled.
• A stifled purr of laughter escapes from several of the crew members.