stifle *

No one was in the small, stifling room with him.

The only thing to do is to work and stifle thought.

She would just have to stifle her interest in the rest of his life.

Only two hours into the day and already the heat was stifling.

I tried to stifle it and did a good job.

Already the room felt stifling, despite the open window behind her.

Would you stifle the little life that is yet in him?

I find that it now is near stifling at times.

His image and parents' financial issues have been stifling him.

Republicans said they would stifle growth of the health care market.

Not after the secret had been stifled for so many years.

I stifled the sound by moving my left hand to her mouth.

There was a strong hand over his mouth, stifling the sound.

It would be the most effective way of stifling the man.

The hurt in his voice was something he could not stifle.

"But we have learned something different from each one and a standard could be stifling."

I'm an only child, you see, and it gets a bit stifling sometimes.

When you are in one for more than just a few moments, they become stifling.

He stifled the thought that it might already have cost the life of this one.

It was stifling and I had no means of turning off the light.

"So we are not," said a voice in her head, and she stifled another start.

We are still having to put up with stifling bureaucracy.

She managed to stifle the first, but not the second.

Now he clearly was just barely stifling some of his own.

Even here, almost out of doors, the day was stifling.