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Significats de stifled en anglès

Held in check with difficulty.

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Examples for "suppressed"
Examples for "suppressed"
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Legitimate political activities and speech by American citizens are not being suppressed.
War by other means: an insider's account of the war on terror
2
In other areas unemployment and high supply are keeping the market suppressed.
The Irish Times
3
Not that debate on this issue should be suppressed, quite the contrary.
The Irish Times
4
The Mississippi infant's virus, however, remained suppressed for 27 months without treatment.
Ebony
5
Moreover, it effectively suppressed tumor growth in mice without major side effects.
Pubmed
1
The answer was slow and smothered; and, of course, in the negative.
The Red Rover: A Tale
2
Plain dresses simply do not exist; everything is smothered with elaborate decoration.
The Irish Times
3
Gradually it brightened and a smothered sob found place in the roses.
The Shield of Silence
4
At times, she seemed smothered by the number of her charges, too.
Knife of dreams
5
I stopped, my dim spark of curiosity smothered by my common sense.
The Name of the Wind
1
The good intentions of the social worker strangled by local authority bureaucracies.
The Guardian
2
Four of the victims were shot and the fifth strangled, Caldwell said.
Reuters
3
Ten years ago she could have strangled Bedelia Morse with one hand.
Mine
4
According to Moreira, Fernandes was present when Santos strangled the former model.
The Guardian
5
Geraldine Diver was strangled in her car in Dublin nine years ago.
The Irish Times
Ús de stifled en anglès
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The conflict in his mind again began; anger and failure stifled him.
Around the World in Eighty Days
2
Magee College's development has been stifled by institutional opposition and political neglect.
The Irish Times
3
Until recently, I was feeling stifled by the tyranny of the new.
Wired
4
Timid yet violent, he stammered; the words were stifled in his throat.
The Red Lily — Volume 02
5
The need of money stifled the best that was in my nature.
In Friendship's Guise
6
Bedding from upper berths nearly stifled the people in the lower ones.
From Plotzk to Boston
7
The world was silent in its deprivation, and the silence stifled him.
The Silent Places
8
It holds too tight; I may be stifled all of a sudden.
The History of John Bull
9
Others were cursing and choking in the hot vapour which stifled us.
The Soul of the War
10
Karamaneh stifled a little sobbing cry; but the warning came too late.
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu
11
Seregil stifled a grin; they were clearly the marks of a whip.
Shadows Return
12
There was an anguish in the stifled voice which made sympathy impertinent.
Helena
13
It sounded to Anne like the half-stifled cry of a wounded animal.
The Knave of Diamonds
14
He swallowed again; stifled a burp with the back of his hand.
Ghost Story
15
Although I didn't know it then, I think I was incredibly stifled.
The Guardian
16
An unwanted replay averted, Pochettino quite possibly stifled a sigh of relief.
The Guardian
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