smother
verb (used with object)
to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
are smothering
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present progressiveof smother.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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Both defenses are smothering, but Tua Tagovailoa is a lot hotter than Taysom Hill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2021
They’re going all the way — The Vikings are tremendous on defense — from Anthony Barr to Xavier Rhodes to Harrison Smith, these guys are smothering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2017
Unfortunately, as new students follow advice to pursue hot jobs, graduates have been pouring out of petroleum engineering programs just as declining oil prices are smothering new exploration.
From Time ● Jun. 9, 2015
Instead, they will say, correctly, that they are smothering it with love!
From Forbes ● Dec. 2, 2011
"You are smothering some mystery and I must have stepped on the spring," guessed the inquisitive caller.
From Jane Allen, Junior by Edith Bancroft
