stifled造句

The gas stifled them.

The smoke filled the room and almost stifled the firemen.

Chelsea began sluggishly, unable to pass the ball with any fluidity as they were stifled by United's five-man midfield.

Should I risk everything, start all over in a new city, or stay here where I’m stifled and bored?

In some ways, it was the best response I could have hoped for - understanding and non-judgmental. But as well as feeling relieved, I felt oddly stifled.

The conflict has stifled international climate negotiations for years, and threatens to scuttle the vital U.N. climate-change summit in Copenhagen next month.

Haidée became pale, and lifting her transparent hands to heaven, exclaimed in a voice stifled with tears, "Then you leave me, my lord?"

If Americans cling to outmoded notions of national autonomy, they will be leading themselves, and the world, down a path of emboldened threats, stifled cooperation, and missed opportunities.

He should abolish the Public Order and Security Act, a bedrock of repression that has hamstrung opposition, and strike down a media law that has stifled open discussion and dissent.