choke hold
Example Sentences
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“I feel like an MMA fighter who keeps getting inflation in a choke hold, waiting for it to tap out, yet it keeps slipping out of my grasp at the last minute,” Waller said.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2024
The infamous legal arrangement, known in some other states as a guardianship, put a court-ordered choke hold on the entertainer’s personal life, financial affairs and globally recognized career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
It is the sense of familiar territory made surreal, of easiness gradually becoming a choke hold, that gives “Room” its echoing power.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2019
Instead, Gadsby holds you in an emotional choke hold through much of the show: if you don’t like her material, you’re one of them.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 22, 2019
Armpit charged into them, freeing Zigzag from Zero's choke hold.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
