choking
Example Sentences
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Signs of sleep apnoea, a disorder that causes a person's breathing to repeatedly stop and start during sleep, include pauses in breathing, choking at night, waking frequently, and suffering from morning headaches.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The device has been used to resolve 120 choking incidents successfully in schools, the company said, and overall, it has reports of more than 6,500 lives saved with its device.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Gray believes that teachers need hands-on training in the traditional techniques to rescue people from choking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Wildfires ravaging the Indonesian part of Borneo island are choking communities as far away as Malaysia with putrid haze, testing the resources and resolve of those having to endure them.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The smoke whips out in dark tendrils, choking me.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
