Sentence examples for was too stifling from inspiring English sources

At night, if their cabin was too stifling and hot from the engines throbbing next door, they'd drag their bedsheets outside and crawl into the Boston whaler on deck, to drift asleep beneath the spangled sky while Elsbeth played piano.

He said that most people are independent-minded, and that the two-party system is too stifling.

Granted, the room was fairly cool, but they seem to breathe fairly well, so they shouldn't be too stifling on a hot day.

She felt her previous PR gig was too creatively stifling, hence her decision to combine a love of fashion and art.

I'm sure this was a really important part of the narrative but I was too busy trying to stifle a boner to concentrate.

Yet America continues to need reminding that government is inefficient and, in many cases, needs devolving and shrinking; that money is wasted; that the tax code is ruinously complicated; that individual merit and initiative are too often stifled.

But the actual urgency of the situation, the horrible vitality of it, is too often stifled by the sloppiness of the writing: "The poorer the neighborhood and the harder people had to fight to stand their ground through the years, the less likely they were to jump ship and head for higher ground, even if they had the means to do so".

The judge refused to issue the TRO stating that the language in my Separation Agreement (which was being used as the legal basis to stifle me) was too broad.

Joining forces with an organisation that is too similar can stifle innovation, adds Tom Dawkins, co-founder of StartSomeGood.com.

If they are too tight, they may stifle innovation.

Regulation that is too heavy-handed could stifle a flourishing business.