choke hold
Example Sentences
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The narrow-minded criticisms that informed these changes still have a choke hold on popular culture, and they do far more harm than influencing a mere movie script.
From Salon • May 29, 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
American Demetrious Johnson, also making his One Championship debut, won his flyweight bout when he got Japan’s Yuya Wakamatsu in a choke hold at 2 minutes, 40-seconds of the second round.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2019
At Vulture, Emily Yoshida noted the “enigmatic, elegiac performance” by Hayek and added that the film’s “central clash between healers and destroyers maintains its choke hold long after the credits have rolled.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2017
Her hair had a choke hold on me, and I couldn’t get past it.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
