The phrase "are inhibiting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe actions or factors that are preventing or hindering something from happening.
Example: "The strict regulations are inhibiting innovation in the tech industry."
Alternatives: "are hindering" or "are obstructing".
At the same time, they are inhibiting our future.
In a recent interview, Mr. Gorton said that such attacks are inhibiting his fellow senators.
The Federal Trade Commission is also looking into whether the groups are inhibiting competition.
"If chemicals are inhibiting normal caution in any substantial fraction of investors, we need to know about it".
"It's up to the head coach to call guys in and let them know you're doing things that are inhibiting you from playing well".
And if there are things that we're doing here in Washington that are inhibiting you, then we want to know about it".
Even Rwanda, a country that because of its history has an entirely legitimate desire to curtail speech that incites hatred, has broadly defined laws that are inhibiting independent journalists from critically covering sensitive topics.
One senior UN official told the Guardian: "Sometimes we feel that the ire of many understandably outraged people is directed at the UN instead of those parties that are inhibiting the access, or sponsoring or committing the atrocities against civilians.
"When you and I have these thoughts," Dr. Ford said, "we are inhibiting the response of our auditory cortex, saying, 'Don't pay attention to this; it's me, talking.' But the schizophrenic patients do not inhibit the response the way normal healthy people do".
He has lobbied the central bank to set an inflation target of 2 percent, aimed at breaking out of Japan's long bout of deflation, or falling prices, that he says are inhibiting corporate investment and growth.
"They want to stimulate demand, but there are a lot of nonmonetary factors that are inhibiting the economy, including distressed mortgages and foreclosures, the need for households to save, and a whole array of factors deterring businesses from hiring".
