List of synonyms from "chit-chat" to synonyms from "choker"
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Definition of the day : « choke back »
- As in restrain : verb keep under control; hold back
- As in stifle : verb prevent, restrain
- Again that frightful silence, then she was trying to choke back the sobs.
- Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 » by Various
- "You were a fool," said David, trying to choke back his eagerness.
- Extract from : « The Courage of Marge O'Doone » by James Oliver Curwood
- After they had said it, they had difficulty to choke back their sobs.
- Extract from : « Christmas Outside of Eden » by Coningsby Dawson
- But the figure in the bed, without answer, buried itself face down in the covers, striving to choke back the sobs.
- Extract from : « The Salamander » by Owen Johnson
- "But somebody must go and fight, little sister," he said, as soon as he could choke back his tears.
- Extract from : « The Drummer Boy » by John Trowbridge
- Tears stood in their eyes, and more than one bold fellow had hard work to choke back a sob.
- Extract from : « Sea-Dogs All! » by Tom Bevan
- Grant, though in a fume of hot anger, had the good sense to choke back the first impetuous reprimand trembling on his lips.
- Extract from : « The Postmaster's Daughter » by Louis Tracy
- Fanny was determined to choke back that feeling of uneasiness which had worried her during the whole of that day.
- Extract from : « Betty Vivian » by L. T. Meade
- His sluggish mind wrestled, trying to choke back the incredible doubt.
- Extract from : « Infinite Intruder » by Alan Edward Nourse
- He seemed to feel himself highly honored, but Browning had hard work to choke back his absolute contempt for the fellow.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell at Yale » by Burt L. Standish