choke
verb (used with object)
to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle.
Example Sentences
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On the western perimeter he was beyond the deep thicket, and within a magnificent wood, unchoked by undergrowth.
From The Rulers of the Lakes A Story of George and Champlain by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
The novel is not made—it grows, and the novelist does little more than plant the seed and keep the growth unchoked by weeds.
From Recollections of a Varied Life by George Cary Eggleston
Like a salamander he passes across the burning deck with unscathed feet, and glides through the stifling smoke with unchoked breath.
From The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger by Jules Verne
Think of the wonder of that day when the little fountain laughed again, its pipe unchoked and its overflow trickling neatly away under the hidden terra-cotta drains!
From Little Miss By-The-Day by Lucille Van Slyke
The heels of my boots, my polished boots, point to the upper air—ay, point; but when, oh, when again, shall I salute thee, gentle air; when again, unchoked by the saline flood, cry Veni aura?
From Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 by A Pakeha Maori
