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Usage of stifle by in English

Magee College's development has been stifled by institutional opposition and political neglect. 
 The Irish Times 

Until recently, I was feeling stifled by the tyranny of the new. 
 Wired 

The end of it was stifled by a pair of furry arms. 
 The Golden Snare 

Conscience is quickened by being listened to, and stifled by being neglected. 
 Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter... 

Many North West cities remain stifled by the maladministration of former premier Mahumapelo. 
 The South African 

Kátya Kabanová tells of a passionate young woman stifled by a conservative society. 
 Radio NZ 

Here he lurked in hiding and perished, stifled by the reek and smoke. 
 The Danish History, Books I-IX 

In general, innovation should not be stifled by a misplaced concept of tradition. 
 The Guardian 

The voice of honest men is stifled by members and cabals. 
 The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France 

They are stifled by the odor of dust, escaping gas, and human flesh. 
 A Romance of Youth — Volume 3 

All sounds seemed to die away, stifled by the heavy air. 
 The Country Doctor 

For a time his utterance was stifled by his complicated feelings:- 
 Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 

But the shorthanded Golden Eagles were stifled by foul trouble down the stretch. 
 Reuters 

His pensive mind, stifled by Rabbinic scholasticism, turned to the Kabbalah. 
 The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) 

So much so, that their boasted sensibility is often stifled by false delicacy. 
 Maria; Or, The Wrongs of Woman 

Stifled by guides who repeat the same old thing every day to everybody? 
 Wired 

Meanings of stifle by in English