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Sentence Examples Alas, Tamarillo went down late last night with a knock to the stifle joint incurred over the cross-county and was withdrawn. Hunter barely managed to stifle a chuckle, but Brandon was set off into a full laugh. Likewise, the misers at the Department of Finance will stifle their giggles when consumer agencies start advising us to cut back and save. I am disgusted with the tactics of the Democratic Party in their unceasing effort to stifle any political discussion of substance. The objective of such a campaign was to stifle dissent, garner unquestioning support, and rally people around a common symbol. At necropsy all stifle joints were stable to an anterior drawer force with no significant limitations in passive range of motion. She clamped a hand over her mouth to stifle the sobs tearing their way loose. Still, there are those who would stifle healthy and vigorous discussion of economic issues in the name of authority. I brace myself for something offensive or vulgar or just inane enough to cause me to stifle a laugh. It's a buzzword, a catchphrase, and I simultaneously wince and stifle laughter whenever I hear it. This will simply stifle business activity and unjustifiably obstruct the free movement of people within the European Union. I tried as much as possible, but I couldn't stifle the giggles that escaped after that. Jake shot a look at them and they abruptly stopped, trying to stifle their laughter. He almost choked on his meat but managed to stifle his sudden reaction to her statement with a hastily gulp of water. I stop trying to stifle it when I realize that about half the people in the audience are chuckling. The bureaucracy, hidden taxes and social-security payments burdening German employers are so onerous, they stifle new enterprise. But there is a danger that these new regulations will stifle innovation, by forcing everybody to comply with blanket standards of accessibility. Given the climate and the other equally ridiculous laws being proposed to stifle innovation, my hopes aren't very high. Today's technology also can interfere with forming solid alliances, which can stifle excellent ideas. Missive after missive describes the burden of the existing system, and how 20 more years of control will stifle creative work. Show More Sentences It won't stifle you with brilliant play, but it will drive a stiletto beneath your shoulder blade when you're not looking. Her chest heaved gently to the rhythm of her breathing, but as he crept in further, he had to stifle a scream. It spreads and strengthens and multiplies until it smothers anything trying to stifle it. In order to stifle the fuel protests, the right to protest in Britain was effectively outlawed. Some news staff are already worrying that the Neil review will stifle challenging reporting. Unfortunately, we are still hobbled my some shortsighted policies which stifle growth in the domestic segment. Had they both had a chance of success, the issue might have surfaced and received the real attention which the main parties tried to stifle. Raising rates now would hurt economic growth in the US and stifle the green shoots of recovery in Europe. When she hears a baby's soft whimper, Daphne claps a hand over her mouth to stifle a gasp of surprise. Indeed good communication skills can help successful endeavors while poor communication can stifle and hamper progress. Pedestrian middle managers who stifle the enthusiasm of the inventive junior are the biggest block to bright ideas. These measures would stifle the BTL market and potentially allow house prices to fall as ex BTL properties flood the market. In this way, they could institutionalize the dead hand of formalism and the fetishism of authority, so as to stifle the process of discovery. They create divisions and discord, mislead, confuse, and worst of all, stifle the opposition. He reared back, howling in pain, one hand frantically trying to stifle the sudden gush of blood. I tried to stifle the thoughts, tried to quell the overwhelming feeling of being trapped in circumstances. If America's central bank moves to increase rates sharply, it will derail the economy and stifle any increase in markets. Despite her ravenous hunger, Alicia had to struggle to stifle her gag reflex. It is, accordingly clear that, within reason, any order that the court makes will not stifle the appeal. After a goalless first half, Ware went all out after the break to stifle Dorking's creativity. Show More Sentences Pressing her hand to her mouth to stifle a sudden cry, Lorna sank into a ladder-back chair. I spent this period of instruction trying to stifle yawns and resisting saying how old-hat this all seemed. He competed anyway, wrapping the ankle in tape and popping aspirin to stifle the pain. While the accident left her with a broken back and severed spine, it did not stifle her sense of adventure. Far from being a deep-dyed traditionalist, he is a maverick, a valuable eccentric, who uses his influence to stimulate rather than stifle debate. You can't beat a flow of information to keep people informed and stifle rumour. John stopped trying to stifle the laughter and glared at her. She grumbled something incomprehensible, and he had to stifle a smile. When instructors are not acting as proctors or detectives hoping to stifle cheating or ferret out dishonest students, some are dreaming up schemes of their own. Just as goals galore have defined this World Cup in Brazil, so too have the men whose job it is to stifle and stop those goals. The NY Governor has set off a right-wing firestorm, standing accused of seeking to stifle free speech and political plurality. Good technology tends to win out over time, despite all the attempts by the old guard to stifle it. He again turns Medicare into a voucher program, a position he had to stifle in 2012, because Romney did not approve. I covered my mouth, trying to muffle and stifle my horrified gasp. We reject them because they will put still more power to politicians and bureaucrats, because they stifle economic development rather than fostering it. There was some mild pain but, other than a few grimaces which her audience didn't see because she was in constant action and far enough away, she managed to stifle most of it. I am objecting only to their being used to stifle inquiring young minds. To stifle opposition from big-money clients, some firms may give individual investors shorter, dumbed-down reports that get straight to the point. They attempted to stifle their chuckles and hide their amused smiles as Suna moved towards their table in the manner that could only be described as a waddle. A county judge dismissed that case last April under a California law aimed at discouraging lawsuits that stifle constitutionally-protected activities. Show More Sentences Repressors stifle gene expression by blocking the binding of activators, interfering with their recruiting efforts, or smothering the DNA in more protein. Dressed in a dark blue suit, he attempts, successfully at first, to project a businesslike air but it never quite manages to stifle the puckish charmer within. Victor heard her stifle a cry as he held a small mirror for her. He began to speak, but had to stop again to stifle a giggle. Evie said, she put her hand over her mouth to stifle a yawn. The transnational morality set can barely stifle their yawns. I don't even try to stifle my yawns while at the in-laws house. He clapped a hand over his mouth, as if to stifle a burp or cover a yawn. At a moment like this, in the abrupt silence after Lewis's voice trails off, the listener often overhears Mitchell in the background trying to stifle his laughter. The argument is that this will stifle free and frank discussion. But the House approved a measure last month to stifle that proposed expansion. It was the council's decision to stifle public input and to employ rules essentially garotting councilors' rights to comment. This process is reversed when plants produce a hormone called Gibberellin which breaks down the proteins that stifle growth. District Court said that Microsoft had used its monopoly power to stifle innovation, reduce competition and hurt consumers. Despite his victory in Wittenberg, Luther was unable to stifle radicalism further afield. He may have done this to stifle any protest they made, if they guessed their captain's plans. In Japonia 'tis a common thing to stifle their children if they be poor, or to make an abort, which Aristotle commends. Examples of such a condition are to be found in bog-spavin, in hygroma of the stifle, and sometimes in the fetlock. Consequently, during much of the revolution, Jefferson and other founding fathers were busy trying to stifle the liberation of slaves and protect the rights of their masters. Following these events of August, the representative of Venice in England reported to the doge that the London government took considerable measures to stifle dissent. Show More Sentences Knowing Lancelot was on his way, Maleagant pleaded to Guinevere for mercy, which she granted and then forced Lancelot to stifle his rage against Maleagant. In fact, there was no suggestion of that, although Wolves deployed men behind the ball to stifle the league leaders in a first-half that proved very frustrating for City. For example, keiretsu arrangements, consisting of interlocking industrial, financial, and trading companies, exclude outsiders and stifle competition. Runcorn made their intentions clear from the start as they got men behind the ball at every opportunity to stifle the Knitters' attacking options. In addition, spam threatens to stifle some of the major benefits of services such as e-mail and e-commerce, as well as reduce consumer confidence in the Internet. Noeline and Tina Stifle were the NZNA reps and they were double scarey. Examples from Classical Literature So hard it is, even for the most depraved, to stifle the last embers of the moral sense. Then, the moment I reached home, it seemed to me I should stifle were I to enter the house. In this present book the illustrative work may be said almost to overweigh and stifle the idea illustrated. Down there at Vernon, in my frigid room, I bit my pillow to stifle my cries. Near the stifle it passes between the two heads of the gastrocnemius muscle and continues as the tibial. Because it seemed to me that we were all of us, all day long, endeavouring to stifle the voice. As He knows so well where to hit us we must stifle our moans when He does so. It most frequently occurs in the stifle joint, where dislocation of the kneepan takes place. The interest excited by this living fossil was almost enough to stifle the dread of the creature in the man. The same evening I returned to malbec with the statuette which was going to stifle all regrets. All day long he had tried to stifle the cry of that same famine, that same hunger of unplaced energy, by industrious work. Listening intently, he heard the sound of sobbing which she was endeavouring to stifle. Branches supply the stifle and the adductor and pectineus muscles. Yet that fragrant balm cannot stifle the smell of the charnel house. Why stifle his powers for the sake of a coherence which did not exist! I tried to stifle all that was continually seething within me by means of external impressions. Nor can piety itself, at such a shameful sight, completely stifle her upbraidings against the permitting stars. Spare yourself the trouble of forswearing yourself and racking your brains to stifle truth with falsehood,' I coldly replied. Chip made haste to stifle his mirth, in fear that she was going to cry. The habit of being continually marshalled on opposite sides will be too apt to stifle the voice both of law and of equity. Show More Sentences Cries were soon heard, and then moans, which someone appeared to be endeavoring to stifle. All Villefort's influence barely enabled him to stifle the secret Dantes had so nearly divulged. That is to say, she was now better able to stifle the emotions of which the conventions and the world disapprove. First love is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy be allowed to overflow, it will stifle you. The cranial cruciate ligament anchors the tibia to prevent it from moving forward in respect to the femur when the stifle undergoes pressure and movement. I was just beginning to stifle with the fumes of conservatory flowers and sprinkled essences, when I bethought myself to open the window and step out on to the balcony. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of stifle? Words that rhyme with stifle What is the past tense of stifle? What is the plural of stifle? What is the adverb for stifle? What is the adjective for stifle? What is the noun for stifle? Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words stiffy stiff peaks stiffness stiff-necked stiffnecked stiff neck stifled stifler stifles stifling Stifling stifling heat 6-letter Words Starting With s st sti stif stifl