Before Friday, he had barred reporters, fearing their presence would inhibit conversations with school leaders and students.

Sara's presence at the Abbey was inhibiting, to say the least.

The presence of her kid sister would inhibit her horribly.

These experiments have found that the presence of others inhibits helping, often by a large margin.

"I hope the presence of my men won't inhibit you," he said.

"I hope the presence of women won't inhibit the men from being as dirty as they always were."

Perhaps the presence of songs within the plays, and the way in which they have been heard over the years, inhibits the potential composer.

Some did, but the presence of a stranger, and a journalist at that, might have inhibited the others.

The presence of spines does not inhibit this species ability to reproduce.

My presence at the table inhibited them not at all.