'stifle' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'stifle' with 7 example sentences.
- stifle verb
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: 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
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: 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?