strangled

How To Use strangled In A Sentence

• Hog waste is a major pollution source, communities surrounding the factories are strangled by a foetid stench and animal rights groups have long complained about the inhumane way pigs are raised and slaughtered.
• The pond water was strangled with poisonous weed.
• Then a sixth man appeared at the door, a small strangled cry came from Miranda.
• The victim had been strangled with a belt.
• Difficulties cannot be artificially overcome," said Mirabeau, "nor is there any invention whereby a man may be spared the trouble of conquering them; they must be grasped firmly, strangled, crushed, trampled down in manful fight. Zoe: The History of Two Lives
• He strangled the urge to bang his head backwards.
• Really, I think I should have strangled the man if forced to endure his companionship aboard a small vessel!
• They suffocated and strangled me simultaneously, and I had to fight to surface for air.
• She said death could occur in such a way if a victim had been strangled or if the palm of the hand or a ligature had been pushed against the neck.
• As Radcliffe shattered a world record in each one it appeared that she became more and more strangled by her own expectations and those of others.