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

On my word, I believe I ate too much dinner; I am suffocating.

From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de

"Oh, sister, I am suffocating with anxiety," she said.

From Marie Antoinette and Her Son by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)