Sentence examples for stifle in from inspiring English sources

Ambition is what women have been schooled to stifle in themselves, and what is celebrated in a book of photographs that emphasises the variety of women's lives today.

When the sun is sinking slow Behind the mountains blue and white And the mist upon the town is falling low; When the mocker's sleepy note Seems to stifle in his throat Then to us in California, it is night.

Already, Prop 37 has ignited precisely the kind of debate — about the risks and benefits of genetically modified food; about transparency and the consumer's right to know — that Monsanto and its allies have managed to stifle in Washington for nearly two decades.

When she threatens to make his behavior public, he says, "Who will believe thee, Isabel?... My vouch against you, and my place i' the state, will so your accusation overweigh, that you shall stifle in your own report and smell of calumny".

At the time he was finding his independence which she, with all good intentions, had tried to stifle in order to protect him.

We aren't laughing at these folks, in fact we're often voicing the laughter the characters are attempting to stifle in deference to the restful yoga environment.

We're seeing countries stifle freedom in Iran, in Russia, in all these other areas.

It's stifling in the cafe.

Thicker insulation can make prisons stifling in summer.

I hate to see that being stifled in Russia.

"The yearnings so painfully stifled in the former, so cathartically released when they sing".