strangle

Example Sentences

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It happens when a nerve is strangled by a blood vessel in the face, with it often misdiagnosed as toothache, and attacks caused by something as simple as a gust of wind.

From BBC

Gelifen, stowed above him among the leaves, gave a soft, strangled peep.

From Literature

The goal "is not to dominate China; nor is it to strangle or humiliate them", the document says.

From BBC

“You can do this,” Sue’s dad called back, his voice strangled with anguish and smoke.

From Literature

The choice of mediocre investments can strangle the flow of endowment money to pay for yet more administrators.

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