- present participle of stifle.
stifling
Example Sentences
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It’s not to add Connor Storrie and Inde Navarrette to that stifling shortlist — it’s how much more talent there is waiting for a shot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
It reports that nurses collapsed in the "stifling heat" and "3,000 patients a day" were treated in corridors.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Sleeping out in the stifling summer heat leaves her exhausted, but what distresses her more is not knowing when or how this situation will end.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
The author also draws on realizations from his own life, such as the time he found himself perversely stifling another man’s generous impulse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Miss Adebayo said, although she was stifling laughter.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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