Kept from public knowledge by various means;
Held in check with difficulty.
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Examples for "stifled "
Examples for "stifled "
1 The conflict in his mind again began; anger and failure stifled him.
2 Magee College's development has been stifled by institutional opposition and political neglect.
3 Until recently, I was feeling stifled by the tyranny of the new.
4 Timid yet violent, he stammered; the words were stifled in his throat.
5 The need of money stifled the best that was in my nature.
1 The answer was slow and smothered ; and, of course, in the negative.
2 Plain dresses simply do not exist; everything is smothered with elaborate decoration.
3 Gradually it brightened and a smothered sob found place in the roses.
4 At times, she seemed smothered by the number of her charges, too.
5 I stopped, my dim spark of curiosity smothered by my common sense.
1 The good intentions of the social worker strangled by local authority bureaucracies.
2 Four of the victims were shot and the fifth strangled , Caldwell said.
3 Ten years ago she could have strangled Bedelia Morse with one hand.
4 According to Moreira, Fernandes was present when Santos strangled the former model.
5 Geraldine Diver was strangled in her car in Dublin nine years ago.
1 Legitimate political activities and speech by American citizens are not being suppressed .
2 In other areas unemployment and high supply are keeping the market suppressed .
3 Not that debate on this issue should be suppressed , quite the contrary.
4 The Mississippi infant's virus, however, remained suppressed for 27 months without treatment.
5 Moreover, it effectively suppressed tumor growth in mice without major side effects.
6 In this case, the identity of the accused is no longer suppressed .
7 The government has flooded the region with troops and suppressed spreading unrest.
8 In certain cases passages were suppressed ; in others they were considerably altered.
9 Settus trembled with suppressed violence but years of ingrained discipline halted him.
10 One word only, but everyone present heard the long - suppressed note of command.
11 Local people's protests were suppressed by police deployed by the local officials.
12 Hobbs suppressed the resulting measurement from public disclosure, Radio New Zealand reported.
13 The reason for the name suppression is also suppressed by court order.
14 Foster parents charged with abuse - should their names have been suppressed ?
15 The suppressed fury in Madame Fontaine began to get beyond her control.
16 The noise of labor had ceased, and the human voice was suppressed .
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