Sentence examples for was being stifled from inspiring English sources

McQueen stormed out of LVMH because he felt his creativity was being stifled at Givenchy.

As she trained as a music teacher, she felt her interest in music was being stifled.

Paul Freitag: One of the simplest examples of an innovation that was being stifled by outdated codes is the relocation of boiler rooms to the roofs of buildings.

(He had briefly studied at the Eastman School of Music two years earlier, but left because he felt his interest in jazz was being stifled).

Black activists sprang to his defense, saying that he was being stifled because of his long history as a radical and a black nationalist.

The frequent power outages were no longer a reason to play on the roof, but a sign that growth was being stifled.

A ghost is gasping for air, as if it were being stifled.

Skilful play is being stifled by illegal interference and brute aggression.

Job creation is being stifled by all of its taxes, penalties, mandates and fees.

And yet the genius of the American people is being stifled.

The New Yorker, December 13 , 1930 P. 17Say the art critics, American art is being stifled by French art.