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

He was throttling the West itself, which had always been a land of freedom.

From The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado by Hough, Emerson

Henry was throttling Paris; by masterly movements Parma evaded the pitched battle, for which Béarnais thirsted, yet compelled his adversary to relinquish the siege.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

I tried to be calm, but rage was throttling me, as if with pincers.

From Hania by Sienkiewicz, Henryk