Sentence examples for they were stifled from inspiring English sources

Instead, many of T-Online's executives left the company, saying they were stifled by Deutsche Telekom's control.

They outhit the Orioles by 11-5 and scored three runs, far better production than they could muster Thursday, when they were stifled in a two-hit shutout.

The worn pitch restricted the boundary count, particularly once the new ball lost its original hardness, and although the Black Caps only lost five wickets, they were stifled by spin in mid-innings.

But if the Giants lose Sunday to jeopardize that guarantee, some will wonder whether they were stifled by Fassel's edict, if their verbal caution translated to emotional caution on the field.

The Yankees have scored one run — a Melky Cabrera homer — on four hits in their last 15 innings, and they were stifled for nine innings by Fausto Carmona on Friday.

Australia won the toss, batted and either misread the pitch and what would constitute a workable total, or got their tactics wrong for they foundered horribly in the middle overs, in which they were stifled, and ultimately came up 20 or so runs short of the minimum this excellent pitch demanded.

As long as people don't feel they are stifled by a certain formula, then it's relaxing.

For others, they are stifling and a barrier to social progress.

Blocking these vents, they are stifling their cries, aware that no response is adequate.

And though they are porous, allowing water to drain through to the ground beneath, I still feel they are stifling the ground.

They are stifling the global conversation and impeding the development of policies and solutions based on an informed understanding of the local realities.