Sentence examples for stifling sense from inspiring English sources

In order to finish the memoir, she also had to conquer a stifling sense of claustrophobia.

But the flip side of that is this almost stifling sense of democracy.

John Hughes's films shared a Brat Pack cast and a stifling sense of nostalgia.

What those stories, and MacLeod's, have in common is a stifling sense of fatality, of people trapped in situations over which they have no control.

By the time it was all done, Manchester City could probably be forgiven for leaving the auditorium in Monaco with a stifling sense of deja vu.

Alejandra Pizarnik, in full Flora Alejandra Pizarnik, (born April 16 or 29, 1936, Buenos Aires, Arg. died Sept. 25, 1972, Buenos Aires), Argentine poet whose poems are known for their stifling sense of exile and rootlessness.

Perhaps the novel's key line is: "His passion for the picturesque had stifled his sense of human sympathy".

With 20 minutes to play, Northern Ireland were not exactly reaching desperation mode but Belarus's ability to stifle any sense of attacking impetus was improving.

In places like Washington, however, congestion has stifled the sense of freedom drivers once found behind the wheel, said Timothy K. Gilbert, who chairs the automotive marketing department at Northwood University in Florida.

In their place comes a richer, guitar-heavy sound, a makeover that, while efficient, stifles the sense of mischief, as well as the pop sensibility, that made them fun in the first place.

Planted firmly in the middle ground between end-is-nigh panic and drill-baby-drill denial, Mr. Lomborg believes the hysteria surrounding global warming has stifled common sense and encouraged countries to budget enormous sums of money to achieve negligible reductions in temperature.