choke
verb (used with object)
to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle.
Example Sentences
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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: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times by 'A Pakeha Maori'
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
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
Sometimes they walked down aisles unchoked by brush but full of moving shadows, above which sounded the lonely continuous hooting of the owl.
From The Valiant Runaways by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
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
