half-smothered
- a word derived from smother.
Example Sentences
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Indeed, in Illinois Carter stunned even his own supporters by turning Mayor Richard Daley's last hurrah in a national primary into a half-smothered harrumph.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his half-smothered bass voice, pounding his fist on the desk, mild Louis Denfeld told Leahy that he wanted Radford and nobody else.
From Time Magazine Archive
At Pruth, when the Russian Army almost came to grief at the hands of the Turks, Peter's empress seized a saber and fought till she was half-smothered under the debris of a bombarded earthwork.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Don't!" commanded Barbara sharply in a half-smothered voice, holding her sister even more tightly than before.
From The Automobile Girls at Chicago or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds by Crane, Laura Dent
These creatures, in the hour of danger blindly surrendering to the gregarious idea ingrained through the experience of ages, crowded so hard on each other that they got half-smothered in their own dust.
From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
