strangulation

Example Sentences

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Specialists with the Department of Fish and Wildlife speculate that he may have lost his toes due to umbilical cord strangulation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

With US sanctions removed, he believes the "economic strangulation" of the sector will end and that Venezuela will be able to attract foreign money.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

Today, the counterculture mix among the exhibition’s artists is mainstream — and certainly under threat of strangulation again.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023

St. John said many parents know that babies should be on their backs to sleep, but warnings about strangulation by blankets or suffocation by sharing a bed with them sometimes fall through the cracks.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2023

Even those people who joy in numbers and are impressed with bigness are beginning to worry, gradually becoming aware that there must be a saturation point and the progress may be a progression toward strangulation.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck