Sentence examples for stifled according from inspiring English sources

This caution has escalated to the point where the voluntary sector is stifled, according to Lord Hodgson, who last month published the findings of his nine-month review into red tape in the voluntary sector.

But this appears to have led to a "fortress" mentality among staff, a tendency to only report "good news" to bosses and a climate where talking about problems was stifled, according to internal performance reviews.

The boy was "stifled and gagged," according to the Ledger, and went quietly; prisoners in adjoining cells reportedly heard nothing.

The researchers found that the participants were only partially successful in resisting yawning: Fewer "full yawns" were observed, but the number of "stifled yawns" increased, according to the study.

The photocopier's opponents said the technology enabled theft and "stifled creativity and punched holes in the copyright laws," according to one article.

Sidecar, an early player in the ride-hailing business, is suing Uber, claiming the billion-dollar business "stifled competition in the market for ride-hailing applications," according to a lawsuit filed in the U.S. district court in San Francisco on Tuesday — first reported by Reuters.

Indeed, according to Anita L. Boomstein, an antitrust specialist at the law firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed in New York, "the government is going to have a difficult time proving its case," stifled innovation being a more difficult argument than, say, the assertion that costs to consumers have been artificially raised.

Their silence isn't resonant; it's stifled, and stifling.

He remained stifled, shy.

Iraq under Mr. Hussein had a stifled quality.

"It's really stifled cardiac arrest research.