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Sentence count:83+3Posted:2017-04-07Updated:2020-07-24
Similar words: rifledstiflingrifletriflefledbaffledmuffledunruffledMeaning: ['staɪfl]  adj. held in check with difficulty. 
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31, She stifled an urge to brain her son with it, and instead placed it in the sink.
32, Lindsey stifled a sigh as she watched his retreating figure.
33, For six weeks, Charlotte had sustained the pretence that her suspicions about Maurice could somehow be stifled.
34, He heard what sounded like a stifled cry of pain from a shriller voice; then the commotion beside him resumed once more.
35, The introduction and failure of this project provide a good idea of why a separate black economic agenda has always been stifled.
36, She stifled a desire to turn and flee, wondering what was wrong with her.
37, Then they played cards until stifled yawns and missed tricks told them that tiredness was now king.
38, The urge to have a woman almost stifled her following Adrienne.
39, After feeding in the access code he sat back and stifled a yawn.
40, She and Lochlin thought about the baby-sitter alternative but felt Ashley would be stifled by the isolation.
41, Indications of tangible progress in the late 1930s were stifled by the constraints of war.
42, It is something that cannot be stamped out, or stifled, or gagged,(www.Sentencedict.com) or suppressed by any means.
43, He stifled a yawn then stood up and went into the kitchen.
44, She stifled a yawn as the boss read out the sales figures.
45, A yawn unsuccessfully stifled, I forgot the rest of the sentence.
46, Eleanor stifled a groan, put her hands over her face and began quietly sobbing.
47, In this way, a potentially rich source of knowledge - communication of ideas among students - tends to be stifled.
48, Wary sufferers will have learned to suffer silently lest they raise stifled giggles rather than sympathy.
49, Those who died in the streets attempting to get away suffered the same agonizing fate and were stifled by the fumes.
50, His wife felt stifled in the presence of her overbearing mother-in-law.
51, Serfdom stifled both collective and individual initiative among the peasantry.
52, She leapt to her feet with a cry which was instantly stifled by a mouthful of insects.
53, The voices were cut off as suddenly as the squeaks of a mouse were stifled by the lightning grip of his python.
54, As he felt Joe begin fumbling with his trousers Michael stifled an urge to slam his fist into Joe's head.
55, It also stifled originality in the now consolidated design studios.
56, He'd watch him dance around the room emitting stifled screams.
57, Hoddle's pivotal role in Swindon's sweeper system stifled United's customary flowing football.
58, In others Communist apparatchiks remade themselves as nationalist autocrats, and stifled democracy in its crib.
59, If we do not support their efforts, animal-based research in this country will be slowly stifled.
60, The heavy smoke stifled the firemen.
More similar words: rifledstiflingrifletriflefledbaffledmuffledunruffledfledglingunfledgedstiffmystifyjustifytestifymastiffstiffenmystifiedjustifiedunjustifiedunjustifiablejustificationtriflingmellifluousflexfleeflewfleetfleckfleshfleece
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