strangle
verb (used with object)
to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
stranglingly
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a word derived from
strangle.
Example Sentences
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But he succeeded in speaking, though the words caught, stranglingly, in his throat: "W-what do you—want?"
From Square Deal Sanderson by Charles Alden Seltzer
Sarah had choked, apparently upon a crumb of bread, and was coughing, stranglingly.
From Then I'll Come Back to You by Larry Evans
He came to himself to find a weeping woman clutching him stranglingly round the neck, while she tried to kiss his dust-smeared head.
From His Dog by Albert Payson Terhune
What possible escape was there from the tragic net he had wrapped stranglingly around himself?
From The Brimming Cup by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
His heart rose stranglingly and then contracted; his hand closed on the knob, turned it and the door opened.
From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Geraldine Bonner
