suffocated
Example Sentences
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“I feel suffocated and breathless when it is too hot,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
"Around 9 pm, I was feeling suffocated and nostalgic, so I got in the car to drive around town," a 28-year-old woman told AFP on Monday on condition that her identity be protected.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
Four miners in northern Afghanistan were suffocated to death by fumes this week while digging for gemstones, a local official told AFP on Saturday.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
"We know of businesses here in Wales who are being suffocated by a flood of counterfeit versions of their products online."
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025
And on still, breathless nights he was sleeping in the fields to keep from being suffocated by the bad air from the pits.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
