How to use "stifling" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "stifling" in popular movie and book plots

  • Jennet is nearby, handing out water to the stifling soldiers.  - Crusade (Laird novel)
  • The ice manages to bring the stifling temperature down, eventually turning the oven off.  - Gabby's Diner
  • He grows closer to Kairel, but finds bureaucracy stifling and is still infatuated with Panthy to Kairel's jealous dismay.  - Noah's Ark (2007 film)
  • Thus begins a dangerous and stifling few days for Kinsey, undercover and up to her neck in a criminal ring headed by a deluded killer.  - "H" Is for Homicide
  • However, they do not have sex and James wants a traditional courtship and monogamous relationship, which Theresa sees as stifling her freedom.  - Looking for Mr. Goodbar (film)
  • There she is confronted by an unwanted marriage proposal to Hamish Ascot and the stifling expectations of the society in which she lives.  - Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)
  • Billy wishes to get away from his stifling job and family life.  - Billy Liar (film)
  • Will Mr Steptoe return to his homeland, away from the stifling stiffs.  - Quick Service
  • He should be freed from his stifling coal town with its lack of jobs and no sense of humor.  - Back Roads (novel)
  • He also finds that the Valakians have been stifling and underestimating the Menk.  - Dear Doctor
  • The player can choose between fighting for Litalia and her comrades, or allying with Lord Rahul and the Shapers and stifling the insurgency.  - Geneforge 3
  • She yearns to break out of this stifling situation.  - Fire (1996 film)
  • Terrified, the three are rushed upwards, through stifling heat, and are ejected onto the surface from a side-vent of a stratovolcano.  - Journey to the Center of the Earth
  • The abbé Chélan orders Julien to a seminary in Besançon, which he finds intellectually stifling and pervaded with social cliques.  - The Red and the Black
  • Once the robots are out of the picture, Jana announces her intention to leave the stifling confines of the house, marry and have children.  - The Lateness of the Hour
  • On a free afternoon, she escapes the stifling atmosphere of the campus to explore the surrounding countryside.  - Thinks ...

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