Example Sentences

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Known for his salty language and frontiersman’s demeanor, he decorated his office with a 900-pound totem pole and a collection of hunting trophies, including the pelt of a bear he claimed to have strangled himself.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2022

Restrictions on gatherings and a nightly curfew have done little to stem infections, critics say, but they have strangled the informal economy that provides cash-in-hand wages to millions of people.

From Reuters • Mar. 8, 2021

While the court has yet to overrule the precedent outright, a majority of justices have strangled it to the point of asphyxiation, throwing out all claims that involve identical facts as Bivens.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2020

In exchange, the world powers would ease the punishing array of sanctions that have strangled Iran’s economy.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2015

It is another that I have strangled jealous hate and buried deep the baseness which would have led me to endeavour to estrange these hearts for my own purpose.

From The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) by Murray, David Christie