Sometimes she wondered if the sound of running water had this Stultifying effect upon her, for wherever they went it followed them.
"The Lamp in the Desert"
Ethel M. Dell
The rationalistic objection to this suppression of what seems to be of the essence or integrity of matrimony is obvious enough, and yet finds many a retort even in the realm of nature, where the passage to a higher grade of life so often means the Stultifying of functions proper to the lower.
"The Faith of the Millions (2nd series)"
George Tyrrell
Scarcely can history or experience furnish a more striking instance of the Stultifying and bewildering influence of marvelous facts upon a bright, resolute, philanthropic man, who was kept by his creeds and prejudices from liberty and ability to let reason and logic have fair play, than was witnessed in the case of Calef.
"Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism"
Allen Putnam