smother
Example Sentences
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Retreating to a personal Walden, he suggests, may smother creativity rather than fuel it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Critics fear deep-sea mining will smother marine life with waste and the noise of heavy machinery will disrupt oceanic migrations.
From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025
Rising land prices smother our ability to move, suppress fertility rates, stifle innovation, and hoover up resources that might be deployed elsewhere.
From Slate • Nov. 4, 2025
This process, known as sheet mulching, involves layering cardboard or newspaper over the grass and weeds to smother them, creating a natural compost that enriches the soil and suppresses weed growth.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025
But even as he looked it seemed to his eyes that the gloom was growing and gathering, very slowly, slowly rising to smother the regions of the sun.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing smother
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 7
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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