Example Sentences

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The pact between Iran and world powers lifted international sanctions that had been throttling the Iranian economy.

From Reuters • Aug. 22, 2018

One would think somebody had been throttling you.

From Candida by Shaw, Bernard

The state of siege which for nine long years had been throttling the city was at last taken off; the terror which had haunted the ostracized community came to an end.

From History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) by Friedlaender, I.