Sentence examples for stifled for from inspiring English sources

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

Stifled for 20 years, Chytilová now had the opportunity to work in a freer political climate.

It is precisely because this debate has been stifled for the past two decades that his victory was made possible.

Williams was stifled for most of the game and admitted England produced an "awesome" display and "probably deserved to win".

At 6 p.m., equipment on the Rockaway Peninsula had been moved to Brooklyn and Far Rockaway, where it was stifled for hours after the flood surge.

A suddenly open mayoral seat is likely to unleash a flood of pent-up ambition among politicians who have been stifled for nearly a generation.

The sense of history might have been stifling for Costa Rica.

Thailand's freewheeling society has been anything but stifling for over the years.

She finds the Webster's rules a bit stifling for a woman in her 40's.

Last weekend, the streets there were crowded and stifling for the first time since Sept. 11.

The red tape – and the need to persuade sceptical university ethic committees – proved stifling for research.