choke
verb (used with object)
to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle.
have been choking
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present perfect progressiveof choke.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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These heatwaves have ranged from India and South America to the American southwest and eastern seaboard, where people have been choking on smoke due to Canadian wildfires.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2023
Across Colorado’s mountain towns, people who have been choking on smoke for months and now sleep with “go bags” packed in their cars have been asking: When will it end?
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2020
The Nationals have been choking since they acquired him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2015
The preseason World Series favorite Nationals have been choking all year!
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2015
Now I am alone at last, thank God! and it will be a relief to confide to my faithful diary the feelings that have been choking me these last two hours.
From The Light of Scarthey by Egerton Castle
