inhibited

Example Sentences

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It was something neither she nor her coaches had ever clocked from just straight video footage, inhibited by limiting angles and baggy snowboarding clothing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

But he believes the tax system in the UK would have inhibited his growth and ability to take risks.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

For example, at Bluebonnet, people’s limited access to correspondence and other mail has inhibited their ability to correspond with their families and legal teams to defend themselves.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025

Despite being shy and inhibited, he began “moonlighting” in the drama department, where, he later wrote, he found himself “fast losing my heart to drama.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2025

As I breathed, truly released from the grasp of all that inhibited me, I began to see how blessed I was.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers