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'stifle' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'stifle' with 7 example sentences.


stifle verb

: suppress in order to conceal or hide

: suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity

: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen

stifle noun

: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee


  • High taxes stifle economic growth.
  • It's stifling hot today. There's no wind at all.
  • A company that stifles innovation can't hope to grow very much.
  • I had to stifle my anger in front of him.
  • Even before Reagan and the Supreme Court stifled it, OSHA was a farce.
  • Why do you stifle me so by complaining?
  • A faultless plan is stifling, isn't it?
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