choke
verb (used with object)
to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle.
am choking
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present progressiveof choke (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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He starts to cry, and I am choking, too, crying for an infant who never existed, the child of a woman I never knew.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
I get enough air then, but the cold raw air freezes the sides of my throat and blood vessels burst and my throat generates mucus and soon I am choking on it.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
"I am about to be guilty of a base deed," she said; "and yet, I had so strongly resolved—but I am choking!"
From Led Astray and The Sphinx Two Novellas In One Volume by Octave Feuillet
"Open the window," he gasped; "I am choking to death."
From The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales by Henry Van Dyke
There must have been some joke hidden in the question, for the Consul began to laugh; but before long he stammered out, "I am choking, Dick; will you pull me out, you fiend?"
From Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel by Alexander Lange Kielland
