strangle

Example Sentences

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Owens, who was white, was released on parole in April 2021 after serving a sentence for fleeing a Harrison County sheriff’s deputy and trying to strangle him during a scuffle.

From Seattle Times

When one of my closest friends from college texted me that she was drowning last summer, she felt strangled by the increasingly blurred lines between remote work and personal time.

From Salon

The lawsuit by Ms Code says Chauvin pinned his knee to her neck for four minutes and 41 seconds as she was arrested in June 2017 for allegedly trying to strangle her mother.

From BBC

Zwerner also alleges that school officials knew the boy “had a history of random violence” at school and at home, including an episode the year before when he “strangled and choked” his kindergarten teacher.

From Seattle Times

But the authors of this plan had decided to take a stand against the sort of real estate speculation that strangles supply and drives up housing prices.

From Los Angeles Times