suffocate
verb (used with object)
to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
suffocatingly
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a word derived from
suffocate.
Example Sentences
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Not at all, said the UK's Independent Newspaper, this record is "suffocatingly banal" and filled with "groan-inducing" lyrics.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2024
At minimum, it’s suffocatingly literalistic to argue that Tolkien’s themes can’t survive casting a Black actress as a dwarf princess.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2022
One of the most suffocatingly beautiful stories ever written about 9/11 came two years after the attack when Tom Junod sought to track down the doomed man in the picture.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
Higher education is suffocatingly expensive — my God, I wanted to cheer for something that provides a $50,000 scholarship to savvy young players from Wyoming or Louisiana.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2018
All of this in his mind, of course, as he tossed in his bed, the sheet twisted around him like a shroud, suffocatingly.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
