All 5 Uses of
stifle
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- The air is stifling here.†
Chpt 2 *
- With a stifled sob the lad leaped from the couch, and, rushing over to Hallward, tore the knife out of his hand, and flung it to the end of the studio.†
Chpt 2
- Finally he stammered in a stifled voice, "Harry, did you say an inquest?†
Chpt 8
- There was a stifled groan, and the horrible sound of someone choking with blood.†
Chpt 13
- "Women are not always allowed a choice," he answered, but hardly had he finished the sentence before from the far end of the conservatory came a stifled groan, followed by the dull sound of a heavy fall.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
-
(stifle as in: stifling the urge) to suppress (prevent something or decrease its development) -- often political freedom