Sentence examples for it is stifled from inspiring English sources
Its tiny 1.0-litre, three-cylinder engine makes a lovely, deep sound and tries willingly to do its job, but it is stifled by ludicrously long-legged gear ratios.
Occasionally, there is a drowsy sound from some lone weaver's shuttle, or shoemaker's last, but it is stifled by the thick walls and heavy dungeon-door, and only serves to make the general stillness more profound.
It is supposed to compete and innovate but it is stifled by law and saddled with a governance structure that impedes innovation.
It is stifling enterprise and initiative, and undoubtedly compromising economic activity, including for example the luxury goods sector, as companies such as Burberry and Prada can testify.
It is stifling economic growth, threatening public services, and is not even achieving the government's aim of straightening out public finances, Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon will claim today.
Since 1978, when the policy of liberalization began, the state sector has grown so large that it is stifling the private sector and, even more important, holding back the economy.
If the Brewers Federation sees the Reinheitsgebot as a way to raise international awareness of German beer, some smaller breweries are questioning whether the idea behind it is stifling innovation.
Google has offered concessions over the way it does business, following complaints that it is stifling competition in Europe, where it commands 90% of search business.
It is stifling growth for many small businesses.
And yet it is stifling and immobilizing to be storing "memories" in the household equivalent of hardware (your brain being the software).
