Stultifying example sentences

stul·ti·fy

verb

stultify (verb) · stultifies (third person present) · stultified (past tense) · stultified (past participle) · stultifying (present participle)

  - cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative, especially as a result of a tedious or restrictive routine.

  - cause (someone) to appear foolish or absurd:

Synonyms

hamper, impede, obstruct, thwart, frustrate, foil, suppress, smother, repress, bore, dull, numb, benumb, stupefy, deaden, excite

"Stultifying" Example Sentences

1. The stultifying bureaucracy delayed the project for months.
2. He found the lecture incredibly stultifying.
3. A stultifying routine left her feeling unfulfilled.
4. The meeting was a stultifying waste of time.
5. She felt the rules were stultifying and restrictive.
6. The repetitive tasks proved stultifying to her creative spirit.
7. He escaped the stultifying conformity of suburban life.
8. The stultifying heat of the summer made it hard to work.
9. The film's plot was utterly stultifying.
10. He described the job as stultifying and soul-crushing.
11. Her stultifying boss stifled any creativity.
12. The stultifying atmosphere in the office suffocated innovation.
13. We endured a stultifying silence after the announcement.
14. The professor's lectures were famously stultifying.
15. It was a stultifyingly boring meeting.
16. The stultifying effect of the drug was almost immediate.
17. She longed to escape the stultifying boredom of her life.
18. The long car ride proved stultifying for the children.
19. He found the work stultifying and repetitive.
20. The conversation became stultifyingly predictable.
21. Such stultifying rules stifle progress.
22. This stultifying system needs reform.
23. His stultifying pronouncements were ignored.
24. The excessively formal atmosphere was stultifying.
25. She felt the rules were unnecessarily stultifying.
26. The climate of fear was profoundly stultifying.
27. A stultifying sense of dread settled over him.
28. The stultifying effect of the heat was noticeable.
29. He found the process incredibly stultifying.
30. The stultifying air hung heavy and still.
31. It was a stultifying, mind-numbing experience.
32. The oppressive regime had a stultifying impact.
33. We broke free from the stultifying constraints of tradition.
34. The sheer monotony was utterly stultifying.
35. He felt a stultifying sense of hopelessness.
36. The stultifying effect of poverty was evident.
37. The rules were designed to be deliberately stultifying.
38. He fought against the stultifying effects of conformity.
39. The stultifying influence of the media is worrying.
40. The bureaucracy was unbelievably stultifying.
41. He found the atmosphere stultifying and unproductive.
42. She felt the pressure was stultifying and demoralizing.
43. The stultifying boredom made him restless.
44. The stultifying lack of opportunity discouraged many.
45. He escaped the stultifying monotony of his routine.
46. It was a stultifyingly slow process.
47. The stultifying silence was broken by a sudden crash.
48. The stultifying heatwave lasted for weeks.
49. The stultifying weight of expectation pressed down on him.
50. Her job, though well-paid, was profoundly stultifying.

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