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Meanings of smother in English
Usage of smother in English
1
Through the smother came the loud moaning of fog-horns in the Firth.
2
But he hadn't left it there long enough for her to smother.
3
A whitecap foamed above it and broke across in a snow-white smother.
4
It was harsh, but it was the only way not to smother.
5
And when I smell ghosts, I can smother myself in my pocket-handkerchief.
6
The men on shore could no longer see them for the smother.
7
I could smother him with his pillow and nobody would ever know.
8
A controversialist tends to want to smother contradiction in deceptively straightforward elegance.
9
I'll have a whiskey & let them smother me in their guff.
10
She picked up the pillow, and proceeded to smother him with it.
11
All hands toil and work at the opening, to smother it up.
12
When the smother cleared her foremast was overboard and her deck-house smashed.
13
The pleasure of being reassured made me again smother her with kisses.
14
He seemed to smother the words by stooping to kiss her good-by.
15
And with it came an unfamiliar fear which she could not smother.
16
I'll follow you unseen and smother any spark of joy you find.
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Smother through the time
Smother across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common