Sentence examples for were being stifled from inspiring English sources

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

One senior player at the time told me quite early on during that tour that he thought the team, used to Fletcher's methods, were being stifled.

"As much as universities should be cauldrons of creativity and breeding grounds for new creative activity, the Beats needed to feel that they were being stifled by forces at the university".

After studying at the University of Missouri and graduating in 1969 with a degree in communication from St Louis University, he felt that his creative ambitions to write were being stifled in his early career as an advertising copywriter.

The frontbench would in turn grumble that their voices were being stifled by the disciplinarian system for signing off announcements in case they ranged off-message or implied spending commitments (a stricture that gave Balls considerable power of veto).

But Odigo, which provides its instant-messaging service free to users and under contract to Internet providers like Prodigy, StarMedia and Fortune City, found that its efforts to expand its client base were being stifled by AOL's dominance of the market.

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.

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.