Sentence examples for to stifling from inspiring English sources
verb
To interrupt or cut off.
Nor would it be wise to subject all companies with financial arms to stifling bank regulation.
That would be tantamount to stifling the markets, and reneging on another energy promise.
He still sees literature and film as liberating alternatives to stifling interpretations of religion.
In an interview with the morning show "Fox and Friends," Mr. Gingrich said NBC's rules amounted to stifling free speech.
Some had similar stories of fighting in the army, some fled to stifling refugee camps in Iran or Pakistan, others fought in the militias.
On Saturday, Imperial Commander's gallop at Kempton went some way to stifling anxious mutterings about his preparations for the defence of the Totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup.
In addition to stifling dissent and discussion in the public sphere, such laws can actually spark assaults, murders and mob outbreaks.
From old-school hip-hop to stifling summer heat, classic New York film motifs abound in Spike Lee's Richard Price novel adaptation about street-level drug dealers.
The Lynx kept the defense set to stifling in the second half, but finally started to generate a little offense in the third to gradually pull away.
Exaggerated fears of resource scarcity can lead to stifling price controls, panicked efforts to limit production or consumption, and public investment strategies predicated on high prices that turn out to be ephemeral.
Alan Levine, one of the civil rights lawyers representing the protesters, said that not allowing the protesters to return with their sleeping bags and tents was akin to stifling their message.
