strangle
verb (used with object)
to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
are strangling
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present progressiveof strangle.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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Enrique Saquic, an Indigenous leader from Santa Lucia Utatlán, said “they are strangling us, our brothers, our people are those who are suffering all this high cost of living.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2022
“The virus epidemic has accelerated some of the trends that are strangling public higher education,” said Louise Seamster of the University of Iowa and a co-author of the Roosevelt Institute paper.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2020
“Airlines are facing heavy taxes in Pakistan, and the authorities are strangling them,” said Farooq Rahmatullah Khan, a former director of the national Civil Aviation Authority.
From Washington Post ● May 4, 2018
Last week, his administration once again reiterated its pledge to rid the government of cumbersome regulations it contends are strangling business.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2017
“Those ships are strangling us, and all my admiral can do is talk of dragons,” Dany said.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
