Sentence examples for stifle up from inspiring English sources

Or, as Archie Bunker used to say to Edith, "Stifle!" Up for grabs, right now, is the very notion that candidates matter, that programs matter, that government matters, and that democracy even exists.

The mayor of London's proposed changes to the Congestion Change scheme could exacerbate the capital's air pollution problems and stifle take-up of electric cars, campaigners said today.

French entrepreneurs appear to have prevailed in a campaign to encourage the government to modify plans for a sharp increase in the capital gains tax, which they say would have stifled start-up activity.

Many regulators, fearing that change and competition will bring greater risk, will be inclined to smother some of this innovation, by stifling start-ups or keeping foreign rivals out of their home markets.They should resist that temptation.

Has that heavy-handed approach stifled start-ups or made them more cautious?

If you try too hard to avoid problems, you can end up stifling daily life.

He found the provincial atmosphere in Worcester, where he grew up, stifling.

But critics say the lawsuits end up stifling innovation and are a virtual invention tax on the public.

Political competition, though no less vigorous, is conducted on very different terms — and often ends up stifling innovation instead of encouraging it.

Alan Johnson, the shadow chancellor, attacked "the deepest cuts to public spending in living memory", which he warned could end up "stifling" the economic recovery.

"It's human nature, and if we legislate, and go too far, then we could end up stifling the system by not allowing it to breathe".