choke hold

Example Sentences

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In “Two Prosecutors,” the inert nobodies blocking Kornev’s progress are crisply choreographed, Stalin’s existential choke hold strangling their very spirit.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The narrow-minded criticisms that informed these changes still have a choke hold on popular culture, and they do far more harm than influencing a mere movie script.

From Salon • May 29, 2023

It is the sense of familiar territory made surreal, of easiness gradually becoming a choke hold, that gives “Room” its echoing power.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2019

Instead, Gadsby holds you in an emotional choke hold through much of the show: if you don’t like her material, you’re one of them.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019

Her hair had a choke hold on me, and I couldn’t get past it.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith