stifled
Speech parts
1. stifled - Adjective
2. stifled - Verb
4. stifled - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
of Stifle
Stifling.
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If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.
When I went back to England after a year away, the country seemed stuck, dozing in a fairy tale, stifled by the weight of tradition.
He had to deal all at once with the packed regrets and stifled memories of an inarticulate lifetime.
That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
I got my feet on the ground and I don't go to sleep to dream; You've got your head in the clouds and you're not at all what you seem. This mind, this body and this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways. So don't forget what I told you, don't come around, I got my own hell to raise.
The talents of young people must not be stifled. Education is not just about getting the right grades in exams but it should encourage all students to develop their optimum capacity, whatever that may be. Schools and colleges should prepare young people for life.