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This constrained feeling of 'You are bound to be enjoying yourself, whether you really are or not,' was beginning to stifle me, and I was just getting fearfully out of temper, when Lothair broke out as he did.
Mir wollt es die Kehle zuschnüren, dies gezwungene, fatale Freudigtun, und ich fing gerade an mich ganz entsetzlich zu ärgern, als Lothar losfuhr.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
High inflation rates, for instance, are said to be incompatible with the Maastricht criteria and rather require a restrictive monetary and fiscal policy which, however, may stifle growth.
Hohe Inflationsraten zum Beispiel seien nicht mit den Maastrichtkriterien vereinbar und erfordern eine eher restriktive Geld- und Fiskalpolitik, die jedoch wachstumshemmend wirken kann.
And my voice is powerful enough to stifle the merest snigger.
Und meine Stimme ist laut genug, jedes blöde Gelächter im Keim zu ersticken.
Nooteboom, Cees / The following storyNooteboom, Cees / Die folgende Geschichte
Die folgende Geschichte
Nooteboom, Cees
© Cees Nooteboom 1991
© der deutschen Ausgabe Suhrkamp Verlag Frankfurt am Main 1991
The following story
Nooteboom, Cees
© 1991 Cees Nooteboom
© Harvill 1993
Sparrow clapped a hand over her mouth to stifle a scream at the bearded, begrimed shape staring at her.
Sperling schlug die Hand vor den Mund, um einen Schrei zu unterdrücken. Vor ihr stand eine bärtige, schmutzige Gestalt und starrte sie an.
Alexander, Lloyd / KestrelAlexander, Lloyd / Der Turmfalke
Der Turmfalke
Alexander, Lloyd
© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe bei Arena-Verlag Georg Popp, Würzburg
© 1982 by Lloyd Alexander
Kestrel
Alexander, Lloyd
© Lloyd Alexander, 1982
This seemed to stifle Traugott, and he was glad when he got quit of this sapient nephew, and was alone in his own quarters.
Dem Traugott schnürte das die Brust zu, und er war froh, als der verständige Neffe von ihm abließ, und er sich allein auf seinem Zimmer befand.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
Slumped against the passage wall where Hyde had hurled him, the guard stifled a groan.
Der Mann lag am Fuß der Wand, gegen die Hyde ihn geschleudert hatte, und stöhnte leise.
Anderson, Kevin / League of Extraordinary GentlemenAnderson, Kevin / Die Liga der aussergewöhnlichen Gentlemen
Die Liga der aussergewöhnlichen Gentlemen
Anderson, Kevin
© 2003 by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe 2003 by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KG, München
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Anderson, Kevin
© 2003 by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Sarein recalled why she had been eager to leave stifling Theroc and go to civilized Earth.
Sarein erinnerte sich daran, warum sie so versessen darauf gewesen war, Theroc zu verlassen und auf der zivilisierten Erde zu leben.
Anderson, Kevin / Horizon StormsAnderson, Kevin / Sonnenstürme
Sonnenstürme
Anderson, Kevin
© 2004 by WordFire, Inc.
© 2005 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München
Horizon Storms
Anderson, Kevin
© 2004 by WordFire, Inc.
"Where does she live, then?" asked Meggie, stifling a yawn.
»Wo wohnt sie denn nun?«, fragte sie und verkniff sich ein Gähnen.
Funke, Cornelia / InkheartFunke, Cornelia / Tintenherz
Tintenherz
Funke, Cornelia
© Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg 2003
Inkheart
Funke, Cornelia
© 2003 by Dressler Verlag
© 2003 by The Chicken House
The noise was deafening, the air bright and stifling.
Der Lärm war ohrenbetäubend, die Luft grell und stickig.
Case, John / The Eighth DayCase, John / Der achte Tag
Der achte Tag
Case, John
© 2002 by John Case
© S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, 2004
The Eighth Day
Case, John
© 2002 by John Case
Yield the mastership to Klingsohr! - he stormed out like a hurricane, and a stifling stench of sulphur filled the room.
Wie der Sturm brauste er fort und ein erstickender Schwefeldampf erfüllte das Gemach.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
They have become overgrown and stifled by increase.
Sie sind von der Vermehrung überwuchert und allmählich erstickt worden.
Canetti, Elias / Crowds and PowerCanetti, Elias / Masse und Macht
Masse und Macht
Canetti, Elias
© by Claassen Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1960
Crowds and Power
Canetti, Elias
© 1960 by Claassen Verlag, Hamburg
© 1962, 1973 by Victor Gollancz Ltd
Another hand stifled her cry of alarm.
Eine zweite erstickte ihren Schreckensschrei.
Funke, Cornelia / InkheartFunke, Cornelia / Tintenherz
Tintenherz
Funke, Cornelia
© Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg 2003
Inkheart
Funke, Cornelia
© 2003 by Dressler Verlag
© 2003 by The Chicken House
The heat was stifling and the flies were abominable during the day; at night he shivered on an uncomfortable camp bed.
Es war glühend heiß, tagsüber waren die Fliegen unerträglich, bei Nacht zitterte er auf einem unbequemen Feldbett.
Alexander, Lloyd / KestrelAlexander, Lloyd / Der Turmfalke
Der Turmfalke
Alexander, Lloyd
© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe bei Arena-Verlag Georg Popp, Würzburg
© 1982 by Lloyd Alexander
Kestrel
Alexander, Lloyd
© Lloyd Alexander, 1982
The Liftbot stifled a pathetic sniffle, put its hand to the handle sticking out from its chest and pushed it up with a sigh.
Der Liftboter unterdrückte ein mitleidvolles Naserümpfen, legte seine Hand auf den Hebel, der ihm aus dem Brustkorb ragte, und schob ihn mit einem Seufzer nach oben.
Jones, Terry / Starship TitanicJones, Terry / Raumschiff Titanic
Raumschiff Titanic
Jones, Terry
© der Originalausgabe 1997 by The Digital Village and Simon and Schuster Interactive, Inc.
© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe 1998 by Rogner & Bernhard GmbH & Co. Verlags KG, Hamburg
Starship Titanic
Jones, Terry
© 1997 by The Digital Village and Simon and Schuster Interactive, Inc.
More and more intensely disgusted, with the whole thing as Friedrich now was, on account those brutes of journeymen, the thought that all his future life hung upon this piece of work almost stifled him.
War indessen dem armen Friedrich durch die Schuld der rohen Gesellen das Handwerk immer mehr und mehr verleidet worden, so schnürte es ihm jetzt die Kehle zu, wenn er daran dachte, daß nun das Meisterstück auf immer über sein Leben entscheiden solle.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.

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stifle

verb
Basic forms
Paststifled
Imperativestifle
Present Participle (Participle I)stifling
Past Participle (Participle II)stifled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I stiflewe stifle
you stifleyou stifle
he/she/it stiflesthey stifle
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am stiflingwe are stifling
you are stiflingyou are stifling
he/she/it is stiflingthey are stifling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have stifledwe have stifled
you have stifledyou have stifled
he/she/it has stifledthey have stifled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been stiflingwe have been stifling
you have been stiflingyou have been stifling
he/she/it has been stiflingthey have been stifling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I stifledwe stifled
you stifledyou stifled
he/she/it stifledthey stifled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was stiflingwe were stifling
you were stiflingyou were stifling
he/she/it was stiflingthey were stifling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had stifledwe had stifled
you had stifledyou had stifled
he/she/it had stifledthey had stifled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been stiflingwe had been stifling
you had been stiflingyou had been stifling
he/she/it had been stiflingthey had been stifling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will stiflewe shall/will stifle
you will stifleyou will stifle
he/she/it will stiflethey will stifle
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be stiflingwe shall/will be stifling
you will be stiflingyou will be stifling
he/she/it will be stiflingthey will be stifling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have stifledwe shall/will have stifled
you will have stifledyou will have stifled
he/she/it will have stifledthey will have stifled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been stiflingwe shall/will have been stifling
you will have been stiflingyou will have been stifling
he/she/it will have been stiflingthey will have been stifling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would stiflewe should/would stifle
you would stifleyou would stifle
he/she/it would stiflethey would stifle
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be stiflingwe should/would be stifling
you would be stiflingyou would be stifling
he/she/it would be stiflingthey would be stifling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have stifledwe should/would have stifled
you would have stifledyou would have stifled
he/she/it would have stifledthey would have stifled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been stiflingwe should/would have been stifling
you would have been stiflingyou would have been stifling
he/she/it would have been stiflingthey would have been stifling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am stifledwe are stifled
you are stifledyou are stifled
he/she/it is stifledthey are stifled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being stifledwe are being stifled
you are being stifledyou are being stifled
he/she/it is being stifledthey are being stifled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been stifledwe have been stifled
you have been stifledyou have been stifled
he/she/it has been stifledthey have been stifled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was stifledwe were stifled
you were stifledyou were stifled
he/she/it was stifledthey were stifled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being stifledwe were being stifled
you were being stifledyou were being stifled
he/she/it was being stifledthey were being stifled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been stifledwe had been stifled
you had been stifledyou had been stifled
he/she/it had been stifledthey had been stifled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be stifledwe shall/will be stifled
you will be stifledyou will be stifled
he/she/it will be stifledthey will be stifled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been stifledwe shall/will have been stifled
you will have been stifledyou will have been stifled
he/she/it will have been stifledthey will have been stifled

stifle

noun
SingularPlural
Common casestiflestifles
Possessive casestifle'sstifles'