is smothering
- present progressive of smother (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Claude is smothering and compulsively sprinkles sunshine on everything, including tragedies.
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
So not counting out the Rams, but Philadelphia just has so many ways to beat you, and that Eagles defense is smothering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025
Meanwhile…there is much going on meanwhile, but the coronavirus is smothering developments in all corners of the globe.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2020
For one thing, the suit is heavy and the makeup is smothering.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 30, 2019
I hope I'm not about to spoil her with the wrongness that is smothering me.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
