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Meanings of smothered in English

Held in check with difficulty.

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Usage of smothered in English
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
6
She heard their snarls, and beneath, the smothered whimpers of their victims.
Sister of the dead
7
Everything is smothered in the litter that is fated to accompany it.
A Pluralistic Universe / Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College ...
8
But after we went to the farm I was smothered in ease.
The Gay Cockade
9
In the tower, partially smothered by the storm, vibrated a shrill cry.
The Best Short Stories of 1920, and the Yearbook of the American...
10
There is always a smothered hatred of the uniform and the flag.
Report on the Condition of the South
11
And there was a rim all smothered in diamonds and blue stones.
The Port of Adventure
12
The house lay silent, half smothered in a dark tangle of shrubbery.
Birthright: A Novel
13
But resolutely she smothered the sparks and bolstered up the pitiful lie.
Parrot & Co.
14
No one else could have-But he smothered the wail in kisses.
Graustark
15
That watchfullest showing no alarm, the absurdity of the suspicion smothered it.
One of Our Conquerors — Volume 2
16
But his voice was smothered by the shouts of the advancing multitude.
Joshua — Volume 1
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Smothered across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common