stifling in English

adjective
1
(of heat, air, or a room) very hot and causing difficulties in breathing; suffocating.
stifling heat
2
making one feel constrained or oppressed.
the stifling formality of her family life
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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1. His helmet is stifling.

2. The Abnegation (selfless) are stifling.

3. The room was stifling hot.

4. He was killed by stifling.

5. At she found family life stifling.

6. I can't bear this stifling humidity.

7. Stifling air, smog floats over my head

8. Despair hangs heavy in the stifling air.

9. It's stifling in here; open a window!

10. 4 synonyms for Crushing: quelling, stifling, suppression, devastating

11. He was still stifling his baby sister's cries.

12. Inequality is stifling human growth and potential and economies.

13. 'It's stifling in here-can we open a window?'

14. The Buffs’ stifling defense keeps the Seminole tandem of M.J

15. His body temperature rises as stifling heat saps his strength.

16. At one, in the stifling heat, we took a siesta.

17. The heat in the narrow packed streets was stifling.

18. We should be encouraging new ideas, not stifling them.

19. Several hundred people were crammed into the stifling room.

20. I felt I was stifling in the airless room.

21. Life at home with her parents and two sisters was stifling.

22. Teachers have been attacked for stifling creativity in their pupils.

23. It was difficult to work in the stifling heat of the warehouse.

24. Cattlemen stepmothers aftershaft scolex detains mendelevium stifling Garoua haquebut wisp's Carefulnesses

25. Although many students adored Albers, others found him inflexible and stifling.

26. The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous.

27. We were stifling in that hot room with all the windows closed.

28. Her face seemed ageless in the dim light, and she was stifling shivers.

29. 22 Tempers frayed in the stifling atmosphere of blaring speakers and flashing lights.

30. A clever way of stifling discussion and few could have done it so well.

31. Synonyms for Asphyxiating include choking, smothering, stifling, strangling, strangulating, suffocating, throttling, constricting, drowning and killing

32. She remained a whole day and night in that stifling environment, yet remained unharmed.

33. Motivating oneself . Emotional self - control -- delaying gratification and stifling impulsiveness -- underlies accomplishment of every sort.

34. Antonyms for Amplifying include quietening, allaying, assuaging, softening, dulling, lulling, silencing, hushing, muting and stifling

35. Synonyms for Claustrophobic include confined, confining, cramped, enclosed, limited, restricted, restricting, shut in, stifling and suffocating

36. 27 The little rooms were hot and stifling, and with Tigress there he found them suffocating.

37. It was another quiet , hot, untroubled day, the heat pressed heavily on the roof, stifling sound.

38. The room was airless and putrid and stifling hot, the window lavender with either twilight or dawn.

39. Far from stifling your growth, accepting your parents’ guidance may be the quickest route to mature adulthood.

40. The Consumption of feces-contaminated water, the stifling heat, and the lack of supplies increased the sick list fearfully.

41. However, for the present, these characteristics are largely contained within the stifling constraints of the music industry's commodity forms.

42. The people have the spirit to overthrow oppression, but their imagination can't yet cope with overturning their stifling bureaucracy.

43. With the way she had carried on smiling, stifling the grief, putting on her brave face to the world?

44. Despite the fact that it was October and cool in the mountains, the heat in the small space was stifling.

45. If office Cliques are creating a toxic work environment and stifling your productivity, it might be time to get another job

46. By then I had stepped outside to get some fresh air, away from the stifling smoke and heat of the temple.

47. Crucial Quote “Absent a court order, Google will continue executing its Anticompetitive strategy, crippling the competitive process, reducing consumer choice, and stifling innovation.

48. Bangladesh is witnessing democratic backsliding over its electoral system, attempts at stifling political opposition, and threats to freedom of expression, Riaz said

49. That unseasonably warm autumn day carried with it stifling heat and high humidity that sapped the runners’ energy and tested their endurance.

50. To time's Bemisted traveller, 'Beware, beware!' The mist has gathered round us on all sides, Stifling the burdened air, Dissolving sun, and sea, and cliff