strangle

Example Sentences

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The conflict has strangled Middle Eastern airports that are hubs for more than 20% of cargo moving between Asia and Europe, Africa and the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

Or that Winston Churchill—who in 1919 said Bolshevism should be strangled in its cradle—became Stalin’s puppet 22 years later?

From The Wall Street Journal

It has one of the largest oil industries in the world, but it has been strangled for years by international sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal

The conflict with Iran has strangled movement through the Persian Gulf and catapulted the price of a barrel of oil.

From Los Angeles Times

“I don’t know,” she said, and her voice, so calm and steady mere seconds ago with her mom, now sounded strangled and choked.

From Literature