Sentence examples for hardly stifle from inspiring English sources

But outsiders can hardly stifle screams of rage at what is being done with their money.

All the attention on their personal life hardly stifled the will to write about it for either of them.

Here, though Lockington, while hardly stifled, yielded mainly to Meyers.

And yet the very beauty of the playing demonstrates that the musicians are hardly being stifled.

Cooper's return pushed fringe-dweller Taumalolo into the middle but it hardly seemed to stifle his effectiveness and any way you look at it the Cowboys are getting themselves into a good position for the run home.

"You say your dad attacked you; how – verbally?" Hatton, who is hardly ready to see the funny side of this affair, fails to stifle a laugh.

"You stifle me.

Rigid hierarchies stifle internal communication.

I stifle a giggle.

They try to stifle.

And in St Kitts Glenn McGrath has come on to try and stifle South Africa's express progress - 52-0 off six overs, but de Villiers has hit him for three consecutive fours, which hardly slows things down.