Both Uses of
stifle
in
The Grapes of Wrath
- But Connie and Rose of Sharon were breathless and red with stifling laughter before they could stop.†
Chpt 13
- The air was stiflingly hot, and the flies buzzed in the shade of the canvas.†
Chpt 18 *
Definition:
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(stifle as in: stifling the urge) to suppress (prevent something or decrease its development) -- often political freedom