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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.
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Because of the
stifling
chains, the prisoner found it difficult to walk.
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"I'm coming," she replied,
stifling
a groan as she shrugged out of the sheet to stand.
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Cosette,
stifling
with emotion, fell upon Jean Valjean's breast.
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The atmosphere here was hot and
stifling
and chaos reigned supreme.
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He faintedto the ground with exhaustion when the
stifling
heat over took him.
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BLOOM: (Stifling) Can't.'
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Here there were no taverns, no
stifling
closeness, no stench.
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It was a dark and
stifling
evening.
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The
stifling
perfume of the place seemed to be choking him.
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