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Definition of the day : « strangle »

  • verb choke, stifle
Example sentences :
  • Can he compass his spirit with meekness, and strangle a natural oath?
  • Extract from : « Farm Ballads » by Will Carleton
  • Also the camel-goose might fling his neck about the villain, and strangle him.
  • Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various
  • He said to himself that he would be able to strangle the Rougons alone if he could ever get them into a corner.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • Seeing how difficult he proved to strangle, they must have cursed that amulet of his.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
  • A sudden thought seemed to strangle her, and she called no more.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad
  • “He tried to strangle me, then he intended to shoot me,” she said hysterically.
  • Extract from : « The White Lie » by William Le Queux
  • He killed a cat, attempted to strangle his brother, and to set fire to the house.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
  • He must not beat her or strangle her with a bowstring or drop her into the Bosporus.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • The deuce take this leather on the neck of the dog, it will strangle the old fool.
  • Extract from : « The Pioneers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • He was of the type of those who strangle serpents while yet in the cradle.
  • Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) » by John Morley