Example Sentences

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Claude is smothering and compulsively sprinkles sunshine on everything, including tragedies.

From Salon • May 29, 2025

The Broncos, whose defense is smothering, have won five in a row after a 1-5 start.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2023

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