Unconscious recognition, for were it not unconscious you would not say, the Church opposes this, the Church Stifles that, the Church is growing old, the Church has Christ on her lips and not in her heart.
"The Saint"
Antonio Fogazzaro Commentator: William Roscoe Thayer
Her affection Stifles me at times....
"An Alabaster Box"
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and Florence Morse Kingsley
The public intimidate me, their breath Stifles me.
"The Great German Composers"
George T. Ferris