He then began to choke her, and as she lost consciousness it must have seemed that his might be the last face she would ever see.
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According to their friend, producer/filmmaker Choke No Joke, it was over a mutual flame.
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Shiomura continued to speak even though she had to choke back tears at one point.
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A new Kimberley Process working group to monitor CAR might help focus attention on the guilty and choke the diamond flow.
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Banks must then ‘choke off’ those customers' access to financial services, shutting down their accounts.
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Then he endeavoured to hum a tune; but his voice seemed to choke him.
The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4|George W. M. Reynolds
Somehow my heart seemed to rise up into my throat and choke me--we had accomplished it!
Love Under Fire|Randall Parrish
I had never heard his voice so wonderfully beautiful before; but, my stars, the sadness of it made me choke!
Friar Tuck|Robert Alexander Wason
He must speak out to the nations; he must unbusm himself, as Jeames would say, or choke and die.
The Book of Snobs|William Makepeace Thackeray
He would have preferred to choke him, but valets were not commonly choked in the presence of young ladies.
Good References|E. J. Rath
British Dictionary definitions for choke
choke
/ (tʃəʊk) /
verb
(tr)to hinder or stop the breathing of (a person or animal), esp by constricting the windpipe or by asphyxiation
(intr)to have trouble or fail in breathing, swallowing, or speaking
(tr)to block or clog up (a passage, pipe, street, etc)
(tr)to retard the growth or action ofthe weeds are choking my plants
(tr)to suppress (emotion)she choked her anger
(intr)slangto die
(tr)to enrich the petrol-air mixture by reducing the air supply to (a carburettor, petrol engine, etc)
(intr)(esp in sport) to be seized with tension and fail to perform well
noun
the act or sound of choking
a device in the carburettor of a petrol engine that enriches the petrol-air mixture by reducing the air supply
any constriction or mechanism for reducing the flow of a fluid in a pipe, tube, etc
Also called: choke coilelectronicsan inductor having a relatively high impedance, used to prevent the passage of high frequencies or to smooth the output of a rectifier
the inedible centre of the head of an artichoke
See also choke back, choke up
Derived forms of choke
chokeable, adjective
Word Origin for choke
Old English ācēocian, of Germanic origin; related to cheek