Maana ya kamusi ya neno "kudumaza" ni kusababisha ugumu wa kupumua au kumfanya mtu ahisi kuwa amenaswa na kukosa hewa. Inaweza pia kurejelea kitu kinachokandamiza, kuzuia, au kukandamiza, kuzuia maendeleo au ukuaji.
1. I clearly heard her stifling an obnoxious laugh again.
2. Tear-smudged mascara stained her cheeks, and her lips pressed into a firm line, as if she was stifling more cries.
3. Stifling a laugh, I click my tongue and stomp on the carpeted floor.
4. The boarding room always grew stifling with so many bodies crammed inside.
5. The stifling heat bore through my heavy clothing, leaving me coated in a film of sweat that stung my cuts without remorse.
6. Eventually, another person did step through the tent flaps, stifling a yawn with a massive hand.
7. The entire room became stifling, like we had stepped into a brick oven.
8. The heat was stifling and seemed intent on keeping me back.
9. But life was stifling and excruciatingly boring under the communist regime.
10. Cold, hard fingers clamped around her neck and pulled her from the ground, freeing her from the stifling heat.