choke up
Example Sentences
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“There is doubt, and it’s real,” he said, choking up briefly.
He choked up while thanking his supporters, some of whom were present at the hearing and applauded as he entered the courtroom.
I’m so choked up that I can barely get words out.
From Literature
“Well, well,” he said, and seemed too choked up to say more.
From Literature
“I choked up,” she said, and called her wife with the news.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
