Choking can be categorized as a verb and a noun.
Verb |
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| choke - wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent" | ||
| choke - constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing | ||
| choke - reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor" | ||
| choke - be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat" | ||
| choke - breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband" | ||
| choke - fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience" | ||
| choke - check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger" | ||
| choke - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" | ||
| choke - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" | ||
| choke - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" | ||
| choke - struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" | ||
| choke - suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him" | ||
| choke - become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village" | ||
| choke - cause to retch or choke | ||
Noun |
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| choking - the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused" | ||
| choking - a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | noun | No evidence that the choking was done by the accused. | |
| 2. | verb | She can't talk about her mother without choking up. | |
| 3. | verb | Let me go. You're choking me. | |
| 4. | verb | See how Lenny can swallow an entire hot dog without chewing or choking? That's why upper management loves him so much. | |
| 5. | verb | Let me go, you're choking me. | |
| 6. | verb | Tom's choking. | |
| 7. | verb | You're choking me. | |
| 8. | verb | Tom grabbed Mary by the throat and started choking her. | |
| 9. | verb | Tom is choking to death. | |
| 10. | verb | Tom is choking on something. | |
| 11. | verb | Popcorn is never recommended for infants or toddlers, as the kernels can pose a choking threat. | |
| 12. | verb | I'm choking! | |
| 13. | verb | Smoke was choking her. | |
| 14. | verb | Tom killed Mary by choking her. | |
| 15. | verb | She fell back on the pillow, exhausted, choking. | |
| 16. | verb | Hot dogs, nuts and seeds, chunks of meat or cheese, whole grapes, hard/gooey or sticky candy, popcorn, chunks of peanut butter, raw vegetables, raisins, chewing gum, and marshmallows are known choking hazards for children. |
| Sentence | |
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| noun | |
| No evidence that the choking was done by the accused. |
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| verb | |
| She can't talk about her mother without choking up. | |
| Let me go. You're choking me. | |
| See how Lenny can swallow an entire hot dog without chewing or choking? That's why upper management loves him so much. | |
| Let me go, you're choking me. | |
| Tom's choking. | |
| You're choking me. | |
| Tom grabbed Mary by the throat and started choking her. | |
| Tom is choking to death. | |
| Tom is choking on something. | |
| Popcorn is never recommended for infants or toddlers, as the kernels can pose a choking threat. | |
| I'm choking! | |
| Smoke was choking her. | |
| Tom killed Mary by choking her. | |
| She fell back on the pillow, exhausted, choking. | |
| Hot dogs, nuts and seeds, chunks of meat or cheese, whole grapes, hard/gooey or sticky candy, popcorn, chunks of peanut butter, raw vegetables, raisins, chewing gum, and marshmallows are known choking hazards for children. | |