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Kentucky, whose defense had been suffocating all season, showed that while it remains the favorite to win the national title, it could find itself in trouble if front-court stars encounter foul trouble again.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2012

He had been suffocating ten or twelve inches beneath that repulsive slime, as securely captured as if he had been a thousand feet deep.

From The Cruise of the Dry Dock by Stribling, T. S.

From early morning, from the time they had been led into court, he had been suffocating from an intolerable palpitation of his heart.

From The Seven Who Were Hanged by Bernstein, Herman

From the moment of the scene with Nikolay at Porfiry's he had been suffocating, penned in without hope of escape.

From Crime and Punishment by Garnett, Constance

The doctor had certainly not tried to make his proposition very attractive, and yet she felt as if she were emerging 276 from deep waters in which she had been suffocating.

From The Peace of Roaring River by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)