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choking
adjective as in breathless
adjective as in tight
Strongest matches
noun as in constriction
noun as in interference
noun as in stricture
Strongest match
Example Sentences
“I know it sounds so simple and naive, but I don’t understand how the bad guy keeps winning,” she says, choking up, her soft voice tinged with disbelief.
Air pollution in India's capital Delhi has soared to extremely severe levels, choking residents and engulfing the city in thick smog.
Mr Stockton told paramedics he believed Charlie had appeared to be choking on a biscuit, but further investigation after the child's death showed that could "not have been", Mr Lumley said.
“Every year, the noose tightens a little more. We finally have a mandate to delete the mountain of choking regulations that do not serve the greater good.”
The 53-year-old has been told for the past five years that he is terminally ill and knows he could die tomorrow by choking on food or on his own saliva.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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