throttle
noun
a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle valve.
was throttling
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past progressiveof throttle.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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One of the people said BYD was throttling back on production in the face of weaker industry-wide demand in China since the start of the year.
From Reuters ● Mar. 21, 2023
He had led an armed rebellion in 1837 against an aristocratic oligarchy which was throttling representative government in what is now Ontario.
From Time Magazine Archive
Kmita turned to them; but he was very pale now, for rage was throttling him, and his teeth chattered as in a fever.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
And now I was throttling Britain indeed—London, Southampton, the Bristol Channel, Liverpool, the North Channel, the Glasgow approaches, each was guarded by my boats.
From Danger! and Other Stories by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
I tried to be calm, but rage was throttling me, as if with pincers.
From Hania by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
