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At that, the 3,006 people who have been smothering their enthusiasm back in the cavernous depths of the Grand Old Opry House break loose like a thunderstorm on a hot July day.

From Time Magazine Archive

She hasn’t seen how the silence and tension have been smothering us for years.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

For a quarter of a century you have been smothering the world with printed fabrics of fantastic and horrible ugliness.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

I have been smothering my feelings so long, that it is now a relief to tell you of it,” and the doctor took one of her hands in his, and held it firmly.

From An I.D.B. in South Africa by Vescelius-Sheldon, Louise