strangle
Example Sentences
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The choice of mediocre investments can strangle the flow of endowment money to pay for yet more administrators.
From MarketWatch
“I’ve seen something like it before, but I’ve never worn such a fancy, newfangled thing. I’m afraid it might strangle me.”
From Literature
The immediate reason for the latest round of protests in Iran was a series of currency devaluations, a sign of Iran’s deepening economic crisis as oil prices decline and Western sanctions strangle business activity.
The famous Facebook motto “Move fast and break things” is cute, but a better Silicon Valley mantra would be “Go around and strangle things.”
I manage to keep my mouth closed this time, but hear a strangled grunt come out of my nose anyway.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
