Sentence example with the word 'throttling'

throttling

asphyxia, burking, choke, crackdown, drowning, garrote, quashing, quenching, smashing, smothering, squelching, strangling, subdual, suffocation

Definition n. the act of suffocating

Last update: August 18, 2015


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All intermediate speeds were obtained by throttling the engine.   [Please select]

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She began cautiously, but in a few moments put the forty horse-power Gloria on fourth speed, throttling her down to a pace within reason.   [Please select]

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Not less wildly did the Indians leap among them, throttling the big ones and hurling armfuls of the lesser ones high up on the sward.   [Please select]

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Beside him on his right side, apparently engaged in throttling him, is Gertrude the maid.   [Please select]

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"Mice and Mumps," said Harry, "he is; he's throttling me, the tiger."   [Please select]

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He slowly sat down and smoked a full minute before making reply to Harvey, who felt like throttling him.   [Please select]

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