suffocate
verb (used with object)
to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
am suffocating
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present progressiveof suffocate (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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"I want to get out of here, I am suffocating," she tells me, referring to the makeshift tent she is now forced to live in, like many other children in the High Atlas Mountains.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2023
“I am suffocating in this house,” one read.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2016
She insists that I am suffocating her individuality, but I feel she is being disrespectful of my wishes.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2011
Now, if the skeleton up-stairs had taken that opportunity, for instance, of calling out 'Here I am, suffocating in the closet!'
From Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
Order this monstrous varlet of yours to roll off me—I am suffocating!
From The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades by Eugène Sue
