- present participle of suffocate.
suffocating
Example Sentences
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"Suffocating is maybe putting it too strongly, but I feel sometimes I can't breathe freely in Scotland," she tells the BBC's Newscast podcast.
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025
Suffocating interior defense led to Filipowski, a star freshman big man, failing to score for the first time this season.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2023
Suffocating under contradictions, I just lay back and resigned myself.
From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2018
"Yuck," "Creepy," "Suffocating," "I would die after two hours."
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2012
Suffocating and vague, the stillness waxed and ran over the troubled edges of eternity.
From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James
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