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Definition of the day : « stifle »
- verb prevent, restrain
- As He knows so well where to hit us we must stifle our moans when He does so.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- So hard it is, even for the most depraved, to stifle the last embers of the moral sense.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- Chip made haste to stifle his mirth, in fear that she was going to cry.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- Then, the moment I reached home, it seemed to me I should stifle were I to enter the house.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- Because it seemed to me that we were all of us, all day long, endeavouring to stifle the voice.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- There, I'm better—still, I really thought this time that I should stifle!
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- And if we stifle them are we really the better—the more moral sex?
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- At the thought of losing her he was obliged to bury his face in the pillow to stifle his cries.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- Down there at Vernon, in my frigid room, I bit my pillow to stifle my cries.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- Listening intently, he heard the sound of sobbing which she was endeavouring to stifle.
- Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson