Example Sentences

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However, if there is too much calcium, the mitochondrial processes become unbalanced and the cell suffocates.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

For much of the summer, Lake Okeechobee suffocates under toxic, blue-green algae blooms fed by fertilizer runoff from farms.

From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2023

In Los Angeles County alone, a baby suffocates nearly every week while sleeping, according to the infant safe sleep campaign from the Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2023

It suffocates resident wildlife, and the toxic gases it releases - hydrogen sulphide and ammonia - can cause headaches, nausea and breathing difficulties in humans.

From BBC • May 17, 2023

There is a new air in our conversations, short and choppy, so hot that the effort suffocates us both.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles