choked
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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“My dad said—” Chip choked, swallowed hard, tried again, “—my dad said I didn’t need to know anything else. He said he never wanted to talk about this again.”
From Literature
Nim finally choked, and then they started from the beginning.
From Literature
Roads to this region are increasingly choked, and flights are few and far between.
From BBC
Manchester Crown Court heard how Naim had told paramedics that Omra had choked while eating a biscuit in the living room.
From BBC
For the purposes of “Crime 101,” that thoroughfare is reimagined as a quick escape route rather than the choked pipeline of sludge more familiar from reality.
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