stifled

Nearby, a rooster crowed, and Penelope stifled a yawn as she slipped unnoticed through the door.

Penelope glanced at the grandfather clock and stifled a yawn.

“Anytime you’re feeling stifled here, you’re like, ‘I need to go to New York and f**k a bunch of people and go out every night.’

Iran aspires to become a key regional player in emerging technologies, despite decades of international sanctions that have stifled its development.

I imagined years of stifled conflict before my three children all graduated from high school.