choky
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of choky
Example Sentences
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The scimitar eyes may close, the slender hands seem to carve the phrases out of the choky nightclub air.
From Time Magazine Archive
For most of its 132 years, the Missouri poky resembled a Dickensian choky.
From Time Magazine Archive
The minister took advantage of already being on the floor and asked in a choky little voice if the church would kneel with him to offer a prayer of thanksgiving.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
Then all of a sudden his face scrooched up, and in a choky voice he ordered me to leave and tell Mama not to let nobody come in on him.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Her voice was starting to get all choky.
From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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