stifled in English

verb
1
make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate.
those in the streets were stifled by the fumes
2
restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion).
she stifled a giggle
synonyms:suppresssmotherrestrainfight backchoke backgulp backcheckswallowcurbsilence

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "stifled" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "stifled", or refer to the context using the word "stifled" in the English Dictionary.

1. The gas stifled them.

2. The rebellion was stifled.

3. Rosanna stifled a huge yawn.

4. He continued his story through stifled sobs.

5. He was almost stifled by the fumes.

6. 20 It was followed by a stifled yawn.

7. Gravity stifled her, hammered her red blood cells.

8. Billy stifled the urge to laugh out loud.

9. 19 Rosanna stifled a huge yawn.

10. She stifled the urge to scream.

11. Most of the victims were stifled by the fumes.

12. He drank and stifled a belch.

13. 27 He was almost stifled by the fumes.

14. Maria looked away and stifled a giggle.

15. The organization is stifled by bureaucratic inertia.

16. She stifled a cough/yawn/scream/sneeze.

17. She gave a stifled cry of disappointment.

18. It was a shout stifled by teeth.

19. She stifled a gasp of pure pleasure.

20. It was followed by a stifled yawn.

21. I was nearly stifled by the smoke.

22. We almost stifled in the heat of the city.

23. The smoke filled the room and almost stifled the firemen.

24. 5 The organization is stifled by bureaucratic inertia.

25. 15 She stifled a cough/yawn/scream/sneeze.

26. You guys, society has always stifled those with great minds.

27. Lindsey stifled a sigh as she watched his retreating figure.

28. 16 She stifled another yawn and tried hard to look interested.

29. An overweening public sector has stifled growth in jobs in service industries.

30. 12 Kay shook her head and stifled a yawn .

31. He is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow.

32. But in doing so, they stifled originality and human freedom.

33. He'd watch him dance around the room emitting stifled screams.

34. Serfdom stifled both collective and individual initiative among the peasantry.

35. 13 Most of the victims were stifled by the fumes.

36. She stifled another yawn and tried hard to look interested.

37. His repression is caused by his stiff-necked[Sentencedict.com], stifled upbringing.

38. Then he edged a ball into his pad and some one made a stifled appeal.

39. 28 He is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow.

40. Synonyms for Asphyxiated include choked, smothered, stifled, strangled, strangulated, suffocated, throttled, constricted, drowned and killed

41. Hoddle's pivotal role in Swindon's sweeper system stifled United's customary flowing football.

42. Master spider, stilted or stifled, spin us a web and heed our call.

43. They were only shadows making stifled noises, moans, squeaks, the final desperate gargle.

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45. 22 His wife felt stifled in the presence of her overbearing mother-in-law.

46. Synonyms for Cushioned include softened, deadened, lessened, mitigated, muffled, diminished, stifled, allayed, alleviated and blunted

47. Her faint scream of shock was abruptly stifled by a hand clamped over her mouth.

48. Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, To whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes in,

49. It is something that cannot be stamped out, or stifled, or gagged, or suppressed by any means.

50. The voices were cut off as suddenly as the squeaks of a mouse were stifled by the lightning grip of his python.