gagging
Example Sentences
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Spitting to the required level required multiple attempts and near gagging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Food binds generations through shared experience, even if the first bite ends in tears or, apparently, smelt-induced gagging.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025
This was part of the reason the information was protected by a so-called "super-injunction" - a kind of gagging order that prevents the reporting of even the existence of the injunction.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2025
Reading a summary of his judgment in court, Mr Justice Chamberlain said the the gagging order had "given rise to serious free speech concerns".
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025
The gagging stench of molasses rushed up Carmen’s nose and down her throat, deep into her guts.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
