suffocate
verb (used with object)
to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
has been suffocating
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present perfect progressiveof suffocate (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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"Waiting for his decision has been suffocating," complains a top moneyman for another campaign.
From Time Magazine Archive
We have had an exceedingly hot day, and the dust has been suffocating.
From Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
