strangulation

Example Sentences

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Specialists with the Department of Fish and Wildlife speculate that he may have lost his toes due to umbilical cord strangulation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Smock had testified as an expert on strangulation as a witness for the prosecution in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

She said sentencing for non-fatal strangulation is too lenient, and in her case believes it "wasn't enough, justice was not served".

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025

Thirty-six percent of those deaths were attributed to accidental suffocation or strangulation.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2023

Even those people who joy in numbers and are impressed with bigness are beginning to worry, gradually becoming aware that there must be a saturation point and the progress may be a progression toward strangulation.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck