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is smothering

  • present progressive
    of smother (3rd person singular).
    smother
    verb (used with object)
    to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.

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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

The woman in Mumbai who wept while asking what to do about her father who loves her but is smothering her for her own protection.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2019

Gus, who is from South Dakota, is smothering his girlfriend with kindness, passive-aggressively trying to keep her close with sweetness, so she cheats on him.

From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2016

I hope I'm not about to spoil her with the wrongness that is smothering me.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon