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Meanings of strangling in inglês

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The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe.

        estrangulamento
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        Examples for "choking"
        Examples for "choking"
        1
        A second scream came, piteous, all hope gone, choking sobs followed it.
        Micah & Strange Candy
        2
        I started choking on my food and needed to clear my throat.'
        The Secret Crown (2010)
        3
        Knight, 32, spoke from a prepared text, at times choking back tears.
        Reuters
        4
        I could feel the power like water on every side, choking close.
        Bloody Bones
        5
        You have an amazing family,' she managed to get out without choking.
        Dating the rebel tycoon
        1
        In cases where strangulation is suspected, clinicians say medical care is crucial.
        Feminist dot com
        2
        His Central Criminal Court trial has heard that she died of strangulation.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Had luck so far in getting shootings, and even got a strangulation.
        The new yorker
        4
        I told Pete about the strangulation, the cat, the chip, and Dinh.
        Break No Bones
        5
        Police Commissioner Rolf Sandberg said the cause of his death was strangulation.
        The Irish Times
        1
        Now they are unable to lend to the real economy, throttling growth.
        Reuters
        2
        A fuzzy little parasite was throttling the life of the Kentuckians' hemp.
        The Heart of the Hills
        3
        Upon the classes of this country, democracy has laid a throttling hand.
        The Double Traitor
        4
        The real victory was getting out of there without throttling Frank Anuse.
        Wild Justice
        5
        What if Ralph Newlin was at that very mo-ment throttling his wife?
        The witch of agnesi
        Usage of strangling in inglês
        1
        All four Van Burens stopped talking about strangling terrorists and listened closely.
        Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
        2
        I seem to be strangling; I feel the rope around my neck.
        The Amulet
        3
        Every day five people are charged with strangling someone they supposedly love.
        Radio NZ
        4
        Shefford heard with the blood beating, strangling the pulse in his ears.
        The Rainbow Trail
        5
        The language was rich in glottal stops, clicks and guttural strangling sounds.
        Planet of the Damned
        6
        Smooth hard fixtures turned below his hands, strangling the supply of water.
        The last page
        7
        Keigo kept on pushing her resisting body, almost as if strangling her.
        Villain
        8
        Her rage was so great it felt like it was strangling her.
        Doctor Sleep
        9
        She stopped speaking as suddenly as if someone had begun strangling her.
        Turn coat
        10
        Buckwheat had fallen asleep and been awakened by the strangling sulphur fumes.
        The Mutiny of the Elsinore
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        The strangling oppressions of his soul were too heavy for him there.
        Life of John Sterling
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        From a rusty old engine with big smokestack poured the strangling smoke.
        The Call of the Canyon
        13
        Shirley merely presented his charge of murder-forthe strangling of Shine Taylor.
        The Voice on the Wire
        14
        Presently there was a kind of gasping, strangling sound from the cradle.
        Clemence / The Schoolmistress of Waveland
        15
        Pepe made a strangling noise and I looked back to him quickly.
        The Misplaced Battleship
        16
        Her ghost is in the habit of strangling people as they sleep.
        The tower, the zoo and the tortoise
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