Example Sentences
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The resultant film, with its themes of both suppression and oppression, feels chokingly claustrophobic.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2022
Kurita originally envisioned emojis as a workaround for cellphone users to deploy rudimentary graphics despite the chokingly slow connection speeds of the era.
From Slate • Dec. 7, 2015
The sky was dark purple and stormy, the pollution was chokingly thick.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 23, 2015
At some large farms, she said, only the florets are processed for freezing or food service; the stems are shredded into the chokingly dry “broccoli slaw” sold in sealed bags at the supermarket.
From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2011
"For the first time—I thank you," she muttered chokingly.
From The Daughter Pays by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie
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