garrote
Example Sentences
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Outside, I take in the scene: street preachers denouncing Gnosticism, a lone banker trying to garrote himself with ticket tape, and the Bull – that gold, beautiful bull – running through the streets like Zeus.
From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2015
“Forgive me” was a favorite Wallace phrase, the caress before the garrote.
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2012
But Saddam's belligerence has only driven his foes to tighten their garrote around Iraq.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a gag bill, with a touch of the garrote.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I am exceedingly sorry I overlooked Whiteside when I escaped from Crenshaw's garrote in the Chateau," Harleston remarked.
From The Cab of the Sleeping Horse by Scott, John Reed
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
