choking
Example Sentences
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Signs of sleep apnoea, a disorder that causes a person's breathing to repeatedly stop and start during sleep, include pauses in breathing, choking at night, waking frequently, and suffering from morning headaches.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Dr. Henry Heimlich devised a new technique more than 50 years ago to stop people from choking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
"When the number finally arrived, it was larger than the original commitment but still too small to satisfy a market already choking on duration."
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Wildfires ravaging the Indonesian part of Borneo island are choking communities as far away as Malaysia with putrid haze, testing the resources and resolve of those having to endure them.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
When Aru laughed, she sounded like she was choking on air.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
