throttle
noun
a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle valve.
were 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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However, he said that shortages of computer chips, and staff self-isolating due to the "pingdemic", were "throttling" the industry's ability to take advantage of a strengthening economic outlook.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2021
He likes fat, sludgy tones and clipped attacks, often repeating a note as if he were throttling it.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 5, 2017
Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain, which does not use the currency, argued that euro zone leaders were throttling economic growth in their bloc.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2012
He was white as the moon and shaking so hard it was as if some outside force were throttling him.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Anger at her insulted pride and the unjust accusations raged through her pulses; her fingers twisted together as if she were throttling her insulter.
From Judith Trachtenberg A Novel by Karl Emil Franzos
