Example Sentences

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Banners of your favorite wrestlers, or the ones you love to hate, have smothered city street poles.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024

He was the beating heart of every postseason victory and, seemingly, the only Laker who believed they could overcome the three-games-to-none deficit that could have smothered them Monday night.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2023

The Celtics have smothered Durant, limiting him to 22 points a game on 36.5 percent shooting.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2022

His appeal to a thrill-seeking general public might have smothered his appeal to hopeless basketball geeks.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2019

Though they and their escort of King's Royal Riflemen were targets for both hills, their practice was admirable, and had it been more rapid, must speedily have smothered the enemy's fire.

From History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government by Great Britain. War Office