Sentence examples for he has stifled from inspiring English sources

They said they hoped the moves would counter the accusation that he has stifled oil production.

He hasn't been dropping hand grenades, but he has stifled and pressed and made it very difficult for England.

Orrin Hatch, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has dispensed with procedures that allow senators to exercise their constitutional "advice and consent" function, in one case holding a single hearing for three controversial nominees, and he has stifled legitimate inquiry.

Allan Leighton, chairman of the Co-operative Group, has defended the way candidates have been selected for appointment to the mutual's board in the wake of criticism that he has stifled the democratic principles of the co-operative movement.

But Clemens faltered again, unable to contain a team he had stifled for five straight innings.

President Askar Akayev, who met with President Bush and Secretary of State Colin L. Powell on Monday, brushed aside criticism from human rights advocates that he had stifled opposition and become increasingly autocratic in recent years.

With economic development funding unlikely, and senior faculty urging a research focus while awaiting tenure, he had stifled his passion until professorship.

What if he had stifled himself?

Although the city doesn't survey businesses to see if the law has stifled business growth, he said, it doesn't appear that economic disaster has ensued.

Trump's proposed travel ban has stifled the joy that he and so many other immigrants feel in their adopted country, he said.

The government's involvement has stifled efficiency and innovation.