1.   She bit her lower lip to stifle the cry in her throat and felt the goosepimples bristling across her skin.

2.   She loved everything about this man, and when he took her she tried to stifle the cry of pain.

3.   Some one brusquely pulled the headscarf down over her face, stifling her cry, cutting off her vision.

4.   We were well aware of him stifling cries of pain, but there was nothing for it but to proceed.

5.   Their bodies fell on top of their mother, who played dead and stifled the cries of the three smaller children.

6.   This is our other trick, and it, too, is failing to stifle the cries.