choke hold
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The infamous legal arrangement, known in some other states as a guardianship, put a court-ordered choke hold on the entertainer’s personal life, financial affairs and globally recognized career.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2023
The narrow-minded criticisms that informed these changes still have a choke hold on popular culture, and they do far more harm than influencing a mere movie script.
From Salon • May 29, 2023
During the Gilded Age, farmers came together in an effort to break the railroad companies’ choke hold on food transportation.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 18, 2019
It is the sense of familiar territory made surreal, of easiness gradually becoming a choke hold, that gives “Room” its echoing power.
From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2019
Her hair had a choke hold on me, and I couldn’t get past it.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
