stifling
IPA: stˈaɪfɫɪŋ
noun
- The act by which something is stifled.
adjective
- That stifles.
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Examples of "stifling" in Sentences
- The aura of paranoia is stifling.
- The room was sealed and stifling.
- The life in the math was stifling.
- The government was stifling entrepreneurship and trade.
- The latter is seen to be more stifling for technological innovation.
- The grievance industry can be just as effective in stifling public debate as government censorship.
- To pay off their debt, they work terrible hours in stifling conditions at a Chinatown clothing factory.
- In this case, he got everyone he wanted including Rosamund Pike who plays an upper class wife stuck in stifling domesticity.
- Through the first five games of this series, the Texas Rangers have succeeded for the most part in stifling Mr. Rodriguez, the Yankees third baseman.
- "Well, it struck me, as I stood there with my head full of what we have been discussing, that the conditions of a girl's life of our own class are pleasant enough, but they are stifling, absolutely _stifling_; and not all the Emersons in the world will convince me to the contrary.
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