chock
noun
a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.
was chocking
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past progressiveof chock.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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That’s how she knew her son was chocking.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 31, 2014
The old banker was fearfully agitated; the blood left his feet cold and carried fire to his brain, his head sent the flame back to his heart; he was chocking.
From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honoré de Balzac
The horse was chocking its head up and down; the mule was stamping angrily with fore feet roiling the pool bottom.
From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
All the time I was chocking out: "Pray—pray—, don't speak of it—a—nothing—in truth, you kindly exaggerate—I—" It was young Lord Strepp who brought us out of our embarrassment.
From The O'Ruddy A Romance by C. D. (Charles D.) Williams
