Sentence examples similar to a stifled concept from inspiring English sources

Iraq under Mr. Hussein had a stifled quality.

"It is not hysterics," replied Madge, in a stifled voice.

A minute later Alex hears a stifled cry.

A stifled chuckle escaped from the woman with the Evian.

It has changed me from an active, creative person to a stifled, angry pessimist,' she says.

MENTION the ageing of the Japanese population, and you will provoke a stifled yawn.

The stories in Chinelo Okparanta's first collection are quiet, often unnervingly so, in the manner of a stifled shriek.

When Rog decided to leave for Harper & Row, he "spun it to Dad like a stifled boyfriend".

Then the movie barely recovers its poise and lurches with a stifled agony toward its exalted, open-ended conclusion.

"I was just getting bumped around," Krauser said with a smile and a stifled giggle.

A baby with no feet let out a stifled cry, then died.