stifling
Example Sentences
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It harms participants by stifling both plan modernization and the expansion of employer-provided benefits in the voluntary system we have.
Galsworthy’s heroes represent the way new money can be trapped between stifling tradition and modern realities, but our social boundaries are constantly shifting.
From Salon
He has also spearheaded efforts to reform a woefully slow acquisition system, minimize stifling regulations, and take advantage of an innovative private sector.
There was the stifling stench of smoke all about us.
From Literature
Workers at a JBS beef plant launched the industry’s largest strike in years, stifling production at a time when prices for the protein are at record highs.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
