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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

He stood erect, a soldier ready to do battle against disease which for these past weeks had been choking out the life of little children.

From A Melody in Silver by Abbott, Keene

One would have thought that she had been choking.

From The Malefactor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

The memory of the events of that morning and of her trip to the pawn-place tore from her the sobs that had been choking her throat.

From L'Assommoir by Zola, Émile