Example Sentences

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It’s nice to know that there are still corners of the internet bright enough to cast away the darkness that often feels suffocating.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

Only late in this somewhat suffocating book, when attention turns to Pista and Eva, does the air freshen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

UCLA’s suffocating defense held the Gamecocks to 25.7% shooting in the first half.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

"It's suffocating," the 36-year-old coconut seller told AFP in Chiang Mai, a tourist destination among the areas affected by dangerous pollution levels this week.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

He would stay up until very late, suffocating in his faded velvet vest, scribbling with his tiny sparrow hands, whose rings had lost the glow of former times.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez