throttle
noun
a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle valve.
throttled
Example Sentences
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The NBA has now throttled the team with sanctions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
About five miles separate Agoura and Westlake high schools, but there seemed to be a great deal more distance between them Friday night, as host Westlake throttled the Chargers 38-7 in a nonleague game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
How else to explain those tech CEOs who usually can’t get enough change suddenly wanting it throttled?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
But that has been throttled since the war as Iran largely closed the strait, throwing global markets into turmoil and driving up oil prices.
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
Nina Yegorova-Arefjeva, an armorer for the 46th Guards, said that “sometimes, when our planes were throttled back gliding in over the target, the Germans would cry out, ‘Night witches!’, and our crews could hear them.”
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
