Sentence example with the word 'stifling'

stifling

airless, close, crosswise, humid, inhibitive, obstructing, oppressive, repressive, squashing, stuffy, suppressive, unvented

Definition adj. characterized by oppressive heat and humidity

Last update: April 21, 2016

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The hot temperature is so stifling it is pulling all the energy out of my body.    [adjective]

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Because of the stifling chains, the prisoner found it difficult to walk.   [adjective]

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"I'm coming," she replied, stifling a groan as she shrugged out of the sheet to stand.   [adjective]

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Cosette, stifling with emotion, fell upon Jean Valjean's breast.   [Please select]

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The atmosphere here was hot and stifling and chaos reigned supreme.   [noun]

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He faintedto the ground with exhaustion when the stifling heat over took him.   [Please select]

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BLOOM: (Stifling) Can't.'   [Please select]

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Here there were no taverns, no stifling closeness, no stench.   [Please select]

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It was a dark and stifling evening.   [Please select]

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The stifling perfume of the place seemed to be choking him.   [Please select]

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