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The example sentences of SMOTHERING in videos (4 in total of 4)

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Use "smothering" in a sentence | "smothering" example sentences

How to use "smothering" in a sentence?

  • If you want to look like the people next door, you're probably smothering yourself into your dreams.
    -Clive Barker-
  • The genteel is a mighty catafalque of service-with-a-smile and flattering solicitude smothering every spontaneous movement of thought or feeling.
    -Marshall McLuhan-
  • A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be either happy or stable.
    -Robert Bork-
  • Crying is right at hand in the smothering dark, closed inside someone else, when you see how everything you can ever accomplish will end up as trash.
    -Chuck Palahniuk-
  • Your heart is smothering under your small ambitions.
    -Timothy Keller-
  • The camembert with its venison scent defeats the Marolles and Limbourg dull smells; It spreads its exhalation, smothering the other scents under its surprising breath abundance.
    -Emile Zola-
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Definition and meaning of SMOTHERING

What does "smothering mean?"

/ˈsməT͟Hər/

smothering

noun
Causing difficulty in breathing, as when very hot.
verb
To stop someone breathing by covering nose/mouth.

What are synonyms of "smothering"?
Some common synonyms of "smothering" are:
  • suffocate,
  • stifle,
  • asphyxiate,
  • choke,
  • throttle,
  • strangle,
  • strangulate,

You can find detailed definitions of them on this page.

/ˈsəfəˌkāt/

suffocate
verb

To (cause to) die from lack of air to breathe.

/ˈstīfəl/

stifle
verb

To hold back (a yawn, opposition etc.); smother.

/əˈsfiksēˌāt/

asphyxiate
verb

To deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing.

/CHōk/

choke
noun verb

valve in carburettor. To fail to perform well, due to stress.

/ˈTHrädl/

throttle
noun verb

device controlling flow of fuel or power. To stop or hinder the development or growth of.

/ˈstraNGɡəl/

strangle
verb

To kill by squeezing the throat, e.g. with a rope.

/ˈstraNGɡyəˌlāt/

strangulate
other verb

Constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air. strangle.

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