choke hold

Example Sentences

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“They have such a choke hold on my family. I can’t imagine our grocery list without it at this point,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024

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

Armpit charged into them, freeing Zigzag from Zero's choke hold.

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar