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.
Desirée stifled a laugh as she swept the candles and bits of wax into a dustpan.
Possessive, vain and self-absorbed, she stifled him until, he said, he could no longer stand women.
If it is a clear, cold night, the clicking of their wooden shoes may be heard for some time; but if it is damp weather, the sound is stifled, and after a few moments the faint echo of an "adieu" or Christmas greeting is all that can be heard around the church as the beadle closes it. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II Christmas Tales from 'Round the World
a stifled yawn
Part of the blame for the mindless "emotivism," as MacIntyre calls it, can be attributed to the more extreme elements in the pro-life movement, who have stifled reasoned argument with their cries of "Murder! On Abortion: A Lincolnian Position
For a moment, she felt stifled within the intenseness of his grasp.
This impetuous and fiery temperament was rendered yet more fearful by the indulgence of every intemperance; it fed on wine and lust; its very virtues strengthened its vices, -- its courage stifled every whisper of prudence; its intellect, uninured to all discipline, taught it to disdain every obstacle to its desires. The Last of the Barons — Complete
[Page 67] thoughts that are stifled from a feeling that they are too bold to be indulged in! The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton
Moreover, given the fact that dishonesty in enterprises increases transaction costs and prolongs the business cycle, the economic development of the country will eventually be stifled.
You can imagine the silence, broken perhaps by a stifled snigger, that met that suggestion.
JT_Lancer says: the communications industry has been making spectacular progress after begin stifled for three-quarters of a century. Think Progress » Sen. Alexander: Using Reconciliation To Pass Health Care Reform Would ‘End The Senate’
Angela stifled a snort as she and Sara examined my fluffy pink bunny slippers.
A stay will not be granted, unless there is cogent evidence that the appeal will be stifled.
Debate is stifled, and conservatives either go in the closet or get to be seen as slightly kooky.
I stifled a yawn as I fumbled with the key, finally sticking it in correctly and turning the lock.
When creativity is stifled by copyright, the original intention of the law is lost.
He stifled his immediate reaction, although he couldn't keep from tightening his jaw.
He continued his story through stifled sobs.
Her faint scream of shock was abruptly stifled by a hand clamped over her mouth.
The gas stifled them.
His blue eyes blacken and I watch aghast, as he buries his face in his hands with a barely stifled groan.
His hideous ears must represent the eavesdroping spies of the Inquisition who intimidated and stifled the people. Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
Real innovation and creativity become stifled when we give corporations more and more tax break money "flushes" instead of them truly growing and profiting because they are an innovative superior company that creates the best product. TIME.com: Top Stories
They have dumbed-down the debate on prevention and stifled the debate on causes.
Through this massive process of reclaim, they have effectively (as Kenneth pointed out in his case) stifled all criticism of the company on the Internet.
Her faint scream of shock was abruptly stifled by a hand clamped over her mouth.
This migration, he added, could be stifled without regulatory restraint.
He is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow.
Vicki heard a quick inhalation of breath, a stifled cry, and a strangled curse followed by the slamming of the door to the room.
Removing the earbobs from her ears and handing them over to be stowed away with the necklet in the jewelry chest in the corner, Beth stifled a sigh. Shameless
Yet, in this era when people have it drilled into their brains over and over again that every creative thing is "ownable," we're now seeing this great tradition of joke sharing and joke telling stifled by claims of Techdirt
A full paper bag was thrust at her, and the door shut, leaving her in stifled silence.
Despite the modern setting, this story of stifled manners and repressed emotions feels oddly old-fashioned. Times, Sunday Times
While we were engaged on the wall, a few fire-arrows had come over and been promptly stifled by the invalids, who were in tremendous trim, bawling orders to each other and striding about like Nelson on the quarterdeck. Isabelle
There were popping sounds, birds warbling, half-stifled cries - of rigmarole of street sounds that just totally entranced me.
But we are tired, and Mum mistakes our tiredness and stifled yawns for boredom.
Creativity is stifled and the lack of runners from midfield is pronounced. Times, Sunday Times
Gravity stifled her, hammered her red blood cells.
I barely stifled a yelp of pain as she threw her arms around my aching ribs.
Juen heard a stifled breath and she turned around, Kumma's face had paled immensely and his fist was clenched in the soft material of the pillow.
I gave a private yippee, matching the stifled yes!
They filed in with hushed voices and stifled winces as they bumped into the seats laid out for them.
It has unbolted the hardware from the carrier -- something that's stifled innovation and competition in the U.S. mobile market for decades. Michael Boland: Nexus One: Not a Blockbuster, But Still a Big Deal
Our biologists therefore stifled bathybius, perhaps with justice, certainly with prudence, and left protoplasm to its fate. Luck or Cunning?
I feel like a heartless harpy for having these feelings, but ultimately, I feel stifled by him, nay even negated.
Then he edged a ball into his pad and some one made a stifled appeal.
The malfunction of enterprises stifled the growth of innovative designers.
The first sound of an innocent human voice since the murder is stifled when Macbeth's hirelings kill Macduff's little boy.
So the two families packed their boys comfortably into a first-class compartment and stood around awkwardly, aching to weep and kiss and have something warming to remember, but stifled by their peculiar British mistrust of demonstrativeness. The Thorn Birds
His television networks thrive because private competition is stifled.
She was perfectly hideous, with a marvellous, stifled comedy. Times, Sunday Times
All of the laughs are stifled by the insistent question: what is it you actually think you're laughing at? Times, Sunday Times
I also know this, which is even more disconcerting: That two of the principles that have made this country exceptional -- the free press and the idea of representational government -- have inexplicably, impossibly, been, if not quelled, then stifled. Bad Shakespeare
To some extent he attained his object, but his success was limited; and his teaching affected by what I can only call a modernness of temperament in me, which no force of tradition wholly destroyed or stifled. The King's Mirror
It is constantly seen that the waverer, of nervous atrabiliar constitution, no sooner overcomes the agony of irresolution, than he flings himself on his object with a vindictive tenacity that seems to repay him for all the moral humiliation inflicted on him by his stifled doubts. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre
Baron stifled his angry response and forced a thin smile instead.
I sighed with frustration as I failed to thread the strand of white cotton through the eye of the needle for the fourth time and stifled the urge to throw the needle across the room.
Portugal were being efficiently stifled by their doughty opponents, extra time and penalties beckoned. Times, Sunday Times
She stifled another yawn and tried hard to look interested.
She sighed, then stifled a groan of pain.
The wave of mergers and consolidations has certainly not stifled innovation or inhibited the creation of new brands.
Laura, stifled by the confines of her religion and her boyfriend, dreams of freedom and the ocean.
She smiled at this action and walked away with a slight skip in her step and I stifled a laugh.
Much as she adores her husband, there must be times when she feels utterly stifled and trapped. The Sun
He stifled an urge to hit her.
She was perfectly hideous, with a marvellous, stifled comedy. Times, Sunday Times
Interviewees have thus been treated to loftily dismissive asides, barely stifled yawns and muffled harrumphs.
Laws forbidding trade with any country other than Spain stifled chances for industrial development. Mexico's colonial government, successful failure
Here, there was an air of sedate prosperity, speaking of a prim propriety that made Petra's Berliner soul feel stifled. THE LAST TEMPTATION
I guess those who feel they are being stifled is based on peoples reactions … That is the beauty of our 1st amendment … You can say what you want, just be ready for consequences and it doesn’t seem some can handle it … Think Progress » VIDEO: Rumsfeld Called Out On Lies About WMD
There was a kind of undulation in her body, which ended in a little sob, which was hidden and stifled by her fingers. Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant
He considered this, but he stifled his reply when he caught sight of a seemingly ordinary pile of rock that rose at a crazy angle out of the ground.
I stifled a false sob and smiled weakly, as in my mind I thought how ridiculous this whole situation was.
And, since the good jokes don't come until the final third, a lot of yawns will have to be stifled.
It not only stifled dissent, it bred a whole new rhetoric antipathetic to civil liberties and due process of law.
As for being poor and happy, as Maslow's model suggests, happiness is stifled by to severe a shortage of the basics for our physical and socio-intellectual needs such as self esteem and actualization, as much as too much material inequality between people, this necessitates and causes stunted human development for the cookie gluttons, unable to realize the intrinsically more precious feelings of love or compassion because of their fixation with a bloated belly chakra. Happiness Police, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
I stifled a laugh - he'd only known this girl for a couple days, and she looked like she was infatuated with him already.
All of the laughs are stifled by the insistent question: what is it you actually think you're laughing at? Times, Sunday Times
The introduction and failure of this project provide a good idea of why a separate black economic agenda has always been stifled.
Dominator, and defensemen Chris Chelios and Nicklas Lidstrom again stifled Vancouver's top line of Markus Naslund-Todd National Hockey League - Canucks vs. Red Wings
Wary sufferers will have learned to suffer silently lest they raise stifled giggles rather than sympathy.
She gave a stifled cry of disappointment.
After feeding in the access code he sat back and stifled a yawn.
He and Pamela broke into a peal of stifled giggling!
I woke up to the sound of stifled sniggers.
Thus, non-landed economic activities geared toward profit and growth through capital investment were disesteemed and thereby stifled.
The organization is stifled by bureaucratic inertia.
Gur would stand in the crowd of courtiers, his head bowed, his face blank; upon an imperceptible sign from Don Reba, he would step forward from the courtiers 'ranks and recite ultrapatriotic poems -- which, however, were greeted with nothing but secretly stifled yawns. Hard to be a god
The only disappointments are the two stifled and formulaic physique shots of young men in posing pouches.
On Tuesday, 89 network engineers wrote the committee warning that the legislation could result in stifled free speech and destabilize the underlying system of communications for the Internet. Senate piracy bill changed after criticism by ISPs, engineers, public advocates
They found that the organization of sports stifled the inherent joy of the athletic experience, encouraged violence, hatred for the opposition and sexism, and discouraged intellectual and creative pursuits which were deemed "unmasculine" and antagonistic to their development as athletes. Corrupt Sports: An Exchange
We follow that inner voice, that angel-like soul (that daimon, as Plato called it) - or, stifled, we can become demonic.
I scrunched my brows then stifled my laugh.
Pico Iyer tells of a "bright, resourceful, well-educated" trishaw driver in Myanmar, stifled in a country where intelligence is "something to be feared and can best be used by giving oneself to something other than words and ideas. Archive 2009-03-29
As he felt Joe begin fumbling with his trousers Michael stifled an urge to slam his fist into Joe's head.
Now I was getting tired, and bored with the whole business, and stifled with the close atmosphere -- laden with every graveolent horror; besides, Border and Bastille
She stifled a desire to turn and flee, wondering what was wrong with her.
While America proved unready for the debut Rosset published, its mainstream chances stifled by a prissy New York Times review, France took the book to its heart and today Guinzburg is a national celebrity there.
He notes that demand in the Sun Belt, where roughly half of all new construction is taking place, has been stifled by moratoriums on new water and sewer hookups.
Thus," cried one of the supporters, in stifled sounds, "has my father proved his love for Scotland! The Scottish Chiefs
As he felt Joe begin fumbling with his trousers Michael stifled an urge to slam his fist into Joe's head.
Human flourishing has been so stifled by anti-intellectualism that it makes me weep. Times, Sunday Times
I quickly stifled my laughter as Hyde began to tickle my palm.
Gradually our love and admiration for one another became stifled by domestic toil and marital strife. Times, Sunday Times
Though, let them affirm it never so much in words, there are not wanting arguments to persuade us, that their mouth belies their heart; and that they have an inward, invincible sense of what they outwardly renounce, holding them under the iron bands of a conviction not to be stifled or outbraved, or hectored out of their conscience; as shall be discoursed of afterwards. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VI.
He approached him as if to speak; but the recluse anticipated his purpose, murmuring in stifled tones, from beneath the fold in which his head was muffled, and which sounded like a voice proceeding from the cerements of a corpse, — “Abide, abide — happy thou that mayest — the vision is not yet ended.” The Talisman
His visionary voice is potentially stifled by sorrow and grief, and he attempts to contain that dangerous erosion of his prophetic vision.
The hound pup he had brought with him from Kettlethorpe raised his head at the stifled sobs that shook Johnny's body.
What is demonstrated here is the dull mind of a brilliant intelligence, whose glean and glister is continually stifled, smothered by a perpetually renewed wrap-around of self-reference.
Here they are stifled by large pictures of lesser quality, although the juxtapositions are instructive.
It was a pity that his ears were so obturated with vanity as not to have heard the shrieks of half-stifled laughter created by his first public appearance in this fashionable guise, which only required to be completed by the death's-head pin with which Bruce presented him, (and which therefore he was obliged to wear), to make it perfect. Julian Home
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.
I sat down and threw pebbles at the water's edge and all of a sudden heard a stifled laugh.
I stifled a cry, my anger simmering and beginning to subside.
But neither should creativity be stifled by moral considerations. Times, Sunday Times
So I swarmed up his coat, seized his dirk, and stifled his yawp, the while I tauld him the steel wad dirl in his gullet did he gie trouble. Hokas Pokas
In response, a sudden spark of intense jealousy stabbed through Kaezik before he stifled it and pushed it firmly from his thoughts.
Much as she adores her husband, there must be times when she feels utterly stifled and trapped. The Sun
Creativity is stifled and the lack of runners from midfield is pronounced. Times, Sunday Times
But neither should creativity be stifled by moral considerations. Times, Sunday Times
He is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow.
In one wave of her hand and a stifled laugh she explained the ridiculous situation of having done her shopping on a day that was snowing like crazy, and having to make her way home with full bags of shopping.
A new recognition of the irrational… was stifled by the conventional forms into which - with uninfluential exceptions - it was cast…
The smoke filled the room and almost stifled the firemen.
Thanks to the heroic Carter Phone Company making a phone other than black, and suing to break the government imposed monopoly, the communications industry has been making spectacular progress after begin stifled for three-quarters of a century. Think Progress » Sen. Alexander: Using Reconciliation To Pass Health Care Reform Would ‘End The Senate’
The man next to me stifled a chuckle and I turned to see what he was laughing at.
Much as she adores her husband, there must be times when she feels utterly stifled and trapped. The Sun
The boy stifled a sigh of annoyance but told himself to remain patient.
They grew nearer, fully awakening me, and stopped, stifled in asphyxiated gags. This Side of Ultima Thule
Debate about the nature of an ‘Information Society’ becomes stifled in the international community when broad declarative terms such as these are used.
Emily's hand came up to cover her mouth as she stifled a gasp of surprise.
She flickered her eyelids open groggily and stifled a yawn.
When she finally did look up, she let out a stifled scream and made a reflexive hop like a frightened rabbit. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
The only innovation a new consumer protection agency will "stifle" is deceptive and predatory practices that should be stifled, Blumenthal said. Articles » peoplesworld
A press clamour for invention and scientific initiative was stifled under a committee of elderly celebrities and eminent dufferdom; from the outset, the Ministry of Munitions seemed under the influence of the "business man." ... Mr. Britling Sees It Through
Max barely stifled an explosive laugh of relief.
Pressing a hand over his mouth, he stifled the wretch he could not keep down, pushing out a hand in front of him to wave the door which was already slightly ajar open.
But neither should creativity be stifled by moral considerations. Times, Sunday Times
Well, she hunted about everywhere, ballyragging Jack by side and by seam, Jack lying a'most stifled inside the churn, and the poor maid -- or young woman rather -- standing at the door crying her eyes out. Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Advocates of economic liberalism aimed at breaking the old-established structures of privilege which benefited the privileged and stifled growth.
Probe for the source of this stifled mirth, and you'll find out that on April 20th many spend the day toking, smoking, sparking it, getting blunted, and taking a few to the head.
Backers of the ban say that the adoption of two-way radios in the mid-1990s has stifled the action and made for often-predictable racing. Saxo’s Bjarne Riis blasts UCI over radio ban
‘We see this overprotection now - kids are feeling stifled,’ she says.
Lex thought for a minute, and then stifled a gasp.
Over recent years, mainframe growth has been stifled by high software prices - especially swingeingly high charges for small applications.
It was a period when middle-class fathers often withdrew behind taciturnity and rituals of manliness, when mothers stifled their finer feelings and aspirations behind domestic routines.
Passionate Man is not to be so satisfied; and the time was fully come for the rise of some fierce spirit, who should change the tinsel theology of the crucifix for the iron religion of the sword: who should blow in the ears of the slumbering West the shrill war-blast of Eastern fervencies; who should exchange the dull rewards of canonization due to penance, or an after-life voluntary humiliation under pseudo-saints and angels, for the human and comprehensible joys of animal appetite and military glory: who should enlist under his banner all the frantic zeal, all the pent-up licentiousness, all the heart-burning hatreds of mankind, stifled either by a positive barbarism, or the incense-laden cloud of a scarcely-masked idolatry. Probabilities : An aid to Faith
The president, elected last year in a controversial ballot, has stifled dissent.
When Logan got off the plane he was completely stifled by the suffocating heat of Michigan.
Shortages of specie stifled economic growth by restricting the money supply.
They stifled the quiet, slurring, blubbing murmurs that might have accompanied the tears but, made no attempt to wipe them away. THE LAST RAVEN
But then the Board was set up to be at the apex of a consensus based bottom-up policy process, which is currently being stifled through an unrepresentative structure.
Olumer stifled a groan and wondered how he had managed to attract her attention instead of repulsing her, which had been the general idea.
Much as she adores her husband, there must be times when she feels utterly stifled and trapped. The Sun
With stifled sobs, she unfolded the single leaf of paper from within and began to read the rigid, soldier-like writing.
The tears flowed down her face, and she let out a small stifled sob.
His ambition was almost stifled by sniggering. Times, Sunday Times
In others Communist apparatchiks remade themselves as nationalist autocrats, and stifled democracy in its crib.
She stifled her impulse to tell him exactly what she thought of him.
Having well-nigh stifled his countryman with embraces, and besmeared himself with pulville from head to foot, he proceeded in this manner, “Mercy upon thee, knight, thou art so transmographied, and bedaubed, and bedizened, that thou mought rob thy own mother without fear of information. The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom
When Logan got off the plane he was completely stifled by the suffocating heat of Michigan.
They stifled the quiet, slurring, blubbing murmurs that might have accompanied the tears but, made no attempt to wipe them away. THE LAST RAVEN
Creativity is stifled and the lack of runners from midfield is pronounced. Times, Sunday Times
There was no looking at watches, no stifled yawning, no uneasy change of position, no watching the clock; strangers visiting the chapel listened, at first, from real interest, with a feeling that by-and-by they would relapse into their usual listlessness, but before they had time to _relapse_, behold the sermon was done. The Old Stone House
Either we stifled by wish thinking or droved by the material needs of our people Poems of Thobile Maso
All of the laughs are stifled by the insistent question: what is it you actually think you're laughing at? Times, Sunday Times
Having well-nigh stifled his countryman with embraces, and besmeared himself with pulville from head to foot, he proceeded in this manner, The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Volume 01
That friend, crushed, stifled, bruised by the dreadful arms of a poulp, pounded by his iron jaws, would not rest with his comrades in the peaceful coral cemetery! Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Given the manner in which the development of Sligo has been stifled by sectional interest, it is hoped that the same dead hand of greed does not thwart the plans of the harbour board.
So preposterous seemed the suggestion, a stifled laugh was as much as I could offer by way of a response.
The uniform stifled Danny and he gagged on the stale stench.
Actually blinded by prosthetics, he walks the fine line between acting and mimicry, giving a performance that is neither stifled by imitation, nor unconvincing.
Justin then stifled a nervous laugh and muttered something under his breath.
I stifled a yawn as Rheena came rushing towards me, tying her long brown hair in a bun, similar to mine.
Here, there was an air of sedate prosperity, speaking of a prim propriety that made Petra's Berliner soul feel stifled. THE LAST TEMPTATION

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