I'll pull a near all-nighter writing rot of life's garrotte, the dead line pulling tighter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Countdown] Reference

Necros uses the headphone chord of his Walkman as a garrotte and has clever milk bottle bombs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Most Bondian Moments # 9-12] Reference

Some passed out and did not then feel the garrotte first slide and then tighten round their necks.    From Wordnik.com.  [With No One as Witness]

They held him, a garrotte around his neck, forcing him to his knees in front of the Captain-General.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pastwatch, the Redemtion of Christopher Columbus]

It took some seconds for him to appreciate that this was a garrotte, and that he might be expected to use it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]

Case saw the crude wooden handles that drifted at either end of the garrotte, like worn sections of broom handle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Neuromancer]

Sometimes with a long rifle, sometimes up very close and personally with a knife or garrotte for the sake of silence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Habiiti Dawo Ga'an, Habi'do'atiil] Reference

The way I heard it, they were ruled a safety hazard; some 'air rage' pisshead might grab it and use it as a garrotte.    From Wordnik.com.  [BA To Allow Staff To Wear Crosses] Reference

Paul-Luc, Jean, and Marc have been accepting the favors, leading the girls into the woods, and then giving them the garrotte.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mother Of Storms]

Electrical cord had been wound around her head and the small handle of a magnifying glass had been used to tighten it like a garrotte.    From Wordnik.com.  [World record holder turned hitman jailed for murder] Reference

Instead of strangling him, they pulled the garrotte so tight and twisted it so hard that it broke his neck and with only a twitch or two he was gone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pastwatch, the Redemtion of Christopher Columbus]

So it would be less hassle to put your garrotte in your pocket.    From Wordnik.com.  [HEADLINES] Reference

Was this or was it not your last chance to escape the garrotte? '.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dictator] Reference

Should they succeed, it will be the garrotte on the throat of English liberty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge] Reference

Spain they were publicly executed by means of an instrument called the garrotte.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference

I got one hand on his throat in the most approved style of the garrotte and just pressed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lost Valley] Reference

Embrace it in a godfatherly clinch, hold it close while slipping on the legislative garrotte.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference

He had seen Kai Shang garrotte a man at Pai-sha in a dark alleyway back of Loo Kotai's place.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beasts of Tarzan] Reference

But then it occurred to me that you could take out the strings and garrotte somebody with them.    From Wordnik.com.  [HEADLINES] Reference

Soon the plastic garrotte is tighter than a twist-tie on a bag of bread, blocking the child's airway.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Toque] Reference

Stuart sitting on a seat and with what Edinburgh students imagined a garrotte might look like round his neck.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

Another twist of China's monetary garrotte tortured traders on Tuesday, prompting a switch out of riskier assets and into perceived havens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Moneycontrol Top Headlines] Reference

When will someone have the guts to garrotte the Scottish 'fatherless' and obtain the appropriate spending to match the current military effort.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Rumour Service] Reference

The garrotte where the precocious young inquisitioner Pedro took bets on whether the victim would die from asphyxiation or a crushed spinal cord.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cokemachineglow.com] Reference

His neck was almost dislocated, and there was a large bruise on his back which might have been caused by the knee of an assailant endeavouring to garrotte him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective] Reference

Hector, who spends years in an Italian prison, reminded me of Stuart Christie, convicted for the attempted assassination of General Franco and in danger of death by garrotte.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

He was also convicted on seven other counts, including possession of nail bombs, three knives, a garrotte and an axe, as well as causing criminal damage to the Stormont building.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top stories from Times Online] Reference

I could have used the knife, but no, the garrotte gave me the time I needed to whisper my son’s name in his ear before he went.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Luxembourg Run]

Put your garrotte wire back with the cheese.    From Wordnik.com.  [Readers recommend: songs with jokes] Reference

“The garrotte,” advised Joseph.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Luxembourg Run]

I thought you were going to garrotte me.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Tropic Isle] Reference

“The garrotte is too quick,” I said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Luxembourg Run]

He had seen Kai Shang garrotte a man at 162.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Then the garrotte.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Luxembourg Run]