have been choking
- present perfect progressive of choke.
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
I have been choking all day, as I always do when I leave any place or person that is specially beautiful.
From Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis by Cooke, George Willis
