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Meanings of smothering in English

Causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat.

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Usage of smothering in English
1
Partick played a smothering game that at times imprisoned the Hearts players.
The Guardian
2
There is no crowding and smothering of the fruit by the foliage.
The Home Acre
3
But no rain fell to ease the smothering oppression of the atmosphere.
The Way of an Eagle
4
He had to battle against the sense of smothering, the universe contracting.
The Reality Dysfunction
5
She could not bear even the smothering thought of a divided kingdom.
The Heart of Rachael
6
Chane held fast, forcing his wrist between her teeth, smothering any outcry.
Thief of lives
7
The smothering process most suggestively indicates how such things can be done.
Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909
8
Once more the feeling of hopelessness came over her-seemedsmothering, stifling her.
The Gun-Brand
9
The smothering respectability of official Australia back then came back to sex.
The Guardian
10
With Johnny not there the dark world was like a smothering tomb.
Cry from a Far Planet
11
Miriam flew to the rescue, smothering an involuntary laugh as she ran.
Grace Harlowe's First Year at Overton College
12
Wharton pulled a stool alongside the woman's, smothering her hand in his.
The Son of the Wolf
13
The acute reality of smothering to death settles in with cold certainty.
Climbing Magazine
14
It came up to our waists-toour armpits, choking and smothering us.
The White Waterfall
15
A deep, smothering silence settled on the room, and several seconds passed.
Solar
16
Her face was hidden, and all about her lay her smothering hair.
The Valley of Silent Men: A Story of the Three River Country
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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