choke
verb (used with object)
to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle.
had been choking
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past perfect progressiveof choke.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The 33-year-old said she initially thought Adam had been choking but he then stopped breathing.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
I tried to figure out what it was that had been choking me, and where it had suddenly and mysteriously gone.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
But Greg had been choking somewhere deep inside before he had wandered into the place.
From Cancer World by Harry Warner
The little Doctor had been choking and stuttering in a great spasm, but my last point bid fair to flatten him out on the floor.
From The O'Ruddy A Romance by C. D. (Charles D.) Williams
"You never cared for me?" he said with bitterness; and then the venom, which had been choking him from the hour when he heard that his betrothed was gone, overflowed.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 by Various
