stifle
US /ˈstaɪfəl/
・UK /ˈstaɪfl/
B1
v.t.Transitive VerbTo hold back (a yawn, opposition etc.); smother
I had to stifle my yawn because I was in public
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How Europe Lost Its Tech Giants
- While the intention is to keep people safe, the act could also stifle progress in a rapidly evolving industry that could surpass the significance of the Industrial Revolution.
While the intention is to keep people safe, the act could also stifle progress in a rapidly evolving industry that could surpass the significance of the Industrial Revolution.
- While the intention is to keep people safe, the Act could also stifle progress in a
While the intention is to keep people safe, the Act could also stifle progress in a
What is Art for?
- Or perhaps it's suffused with a pain and drama we've had to stifle but want to get in touch with.
Or perhaps it's suffused with a pain and drama we've had to stifle but want to get in touch with.
- Or perhaps it’s suffused with a pain and drama we’ve had to stifle but want to get
Or perhaps it’s suffused with a pain and drama we’ve had to stifle but want to get
Dangerous People Are Teaching Your Kids
- They see them as integral to the oppressive system they wish to supplant and consider it a moral obligation to stifle and constrain their expression.
They see them as integral to the oppressive system they wish to supplant and consider it a moral obligation to stifle and constrain their expression.
- it a moral obligation to stifle and constrain
their expression.
it a moral obligation to stifle and constrain their expression.
Better English Conversations: Increase Your Advanced Vocabulary
- My husband, Will, was still loitering by the gate, desperately trying to stifle his laughter." Alright, let's move swiftly on to look at some of the vocabulary.
My husband, Will, was still loitering by the gate, desperately trying to stifle his laughter." Alright, let's move swiftly on to look at some of the vocabulary.
- My husband, Will, was still loitering by the gate, desperately trying to stifle his laughter.
My husband, Will, was still loitering by the gate, desperately trying to stifle his laughter.
Inside the US attempt to ban TikTok
- It was politically popular to stifle speech if it was related to someone who held communist values.
It was politically popular to stifle speech if it was related to someone who held communist values.
- It was politically popular to stifle speech if it was related to someone who held communist values.
It was politically popular to stifle speech if it was related to someone who held communist values.
Harvard negotiator explains how to argue | Dan Shapiro
- And I'm gonna do everything I can to prove I'm right, you're wrong, and to stifle you down to raise me up.
And I'm gonna do everything I can to prove I'm right, you're wrong, and to stifle you down to raise me up.
- you're wrong, and to stifle you down to raise me up.
you're wrong, and to stifle you down to raise me up.
Feeding Nine Billion Video 1: Introducing Solutions to the Global Food Crisis by Dr. Evan Fraser
- Anti-regulation voices argue that all governments ever do is tie farmers in red tape and stifle innovation.
Anti-regulation voices argue that all governments ever do is tie farmers in red tape and stifle innovation.
- red tape and stifle innovation
red tape and stifle innovation
How To Make Your Ex Miss You
- miss you. And the way to stifle that pain of missing you is to get back together. So
miss you. And the way to stifle that pain of missing you is to get back together. So
- And the way to to stifle that pain of missing you is to get back together.
And the way to to stifle that pain of missing you is to get back together.
Slavery - Crash Course US History #13
- Family was a refuge for slaves and a source of dignity that masters recognized and sought to stifle.
Family was a refuge for slaves and a source of dignity that masters recognized and sought to stifle.
- recognized and sought to stifle. A paternalistic slaveowner named Bennett H. Barrow wrote in
recognized and sought to stifle. A paternalistic slaveowner named Bennett H. Barrow wrote in
I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate||Spoken Word
- Right now, there is a kid finishing parents' evening in a heated discussion with his mother, saying, "Why does he have to study subjects he will never, ever use in his life?" And she will look at him, blank-eyed, stifle a sigh, think for a second,
Right now, there is a kid finishing parents' evening in a heated discussion with his mother, saying, "Why does he have to study subjects he will never, ever use in his life?" And she will look at him, blank-eyed, stifle a sigh, think for a second,
- stifle a sigh think for a second And then lie
stifle a sigh think for a second And then lie