All 4 Uses of
stifle
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 13 chapter version
- The air is stifling here.†
Chpt 2 *
- With a stifled sob he 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 murmured, in a stifled voice, "Harry, did you say an inquest?†
Chpt 6
- There was a stifled groan, and the horrible sound of some one choking with blood.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
-
(stifle as in: stifling the urge) to suppress (prevent something or decrease its development) -- often political freedom