stifle
- Examples
I felt that my sadness had stifled me so much that I couldn't get out of bed. | J'ai senti que ma tristesse m'étouffait tellement que je n'ai pas pu sortir du lit. |
But they had stifled the conviction of the Holy Spirit. | Mais ils avaient étouffé la conviction produite, en eux, par le Saint-Esprit. |
This was the national uprising of a proud people, who were fighting not only against the physical and moral sufferings inflicted by communism, but also against the political and cultural drabness that had stifled the traditions, identity and patriotism of the Hungarian people. | Il s'agissait du soulèvement national d'un peuple fier, qui se battait non seulement contre les souffrances physiques et morales infligées par le communisme, mais également contre la grisaille politique et culturelle qui avait étouffé les traditions, l'identité et le patriotisme du peuple hongrois. |
At last, however, the papal sovereigns had stifled their feuds, that they might make common cause against the Reformers. | Le moment vint pourtant où les rois catholiques s’entendirent pour faire cause commune contre la Réforme. |
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