Verb (used with object) : Censorship strangles a free press. From Dictionary.com.
The phrase strangled in her throat and the world shuddered into something slow and eerily focused. From Wordnik.com. [The Beekeeper's Apprentice]
Sri Lanka private sector seen 'strangled' by regulations. From Wordnik.com. [LBO-Lanka Business Online] Reference
So my purchase price of 41 is being "strangled" by countervailing short positions at 45 and 38. From Wordnik.com. [BiggerPockets Forums] Reference
"Tell me what you are reading, then," says Vernabelle; and Cousin Egbert kind of strangled at this, too. From Wordnik.com. [Ma Pettengill] Reference
As long as shares remain 'strangled' by the two strike prices, the 1.03 will be retained by this investor. From Wordnik.com. [FXstreet.com] Reference
Gary McCormick, a plumber of 39 years in Mesa, said in all that time he hasn't seen the economy as "strangled" as it is now. From Wordnik.com. [East Valley Tribune - Today's Top Stories] Reference
This episode begins the morning after Julie was attacked (I would say "strangled," but that implies death, which didn't happen here). From Wordnik.com. [Television Without Pity] Reference
After being given an intravenous anesthetic, each dog was "strangled" with a size 32 cuffed endotracheal tube inserted into the larynx. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
"strangled" Gazans and forced them to lash out with missiles, and that Gaza is "the world's most densely populated area.". From Wordnik.com. [Yourish.com] Reference
He strangled one of them until she fell unconscious. From Wordnik.com. [Getting Away With It] Reference
Europe is being strangled by Germany's high interest rates. From Wordnik.com. [Is The Summit Necessary?] Reference
Also, a regular character gets strangled to death in his/her own kitchen. From Wordnik.com. [Sex and The Suburbs] Reference
And I'd thought the strangled granny and the cheese sandwich was a good story!. From Wordnik.com. [American Beat: Resigned to Stop Living a Lie] Reference
My poor husband was nearly strangled when he put a non-organic lemon in my iced tea. From Wordnik.com. [Freegan Ride] Reference
When she finally went, she was strangled as her husband embraced her in his bedroom. From Wordnik.com. [Murder Among Medicis] Reference
"We believe those were the people who were strangled or hit over the head," said Barungi. From Wordnik.com. [Priestess Of Death] Reference
She had been strangled, packed into garbage bags and cut in half, perhaps with a power saw. From Wordnik.com. [Boston Is Talking...] Reference
Union contracts requiring "minimum" numbers of workers have strangled the theater industry. From Wordnik.com. [Beauty And The Bucks] Reference
Small businesses (the backbone of any economic recovery) have been strangled by high taxes and corruption. From Wordnik.com. [A Royal Leap Of Faith] Reference
He is widely blamed for the tangle of corruption that strangled and cut short Bhutto's two terms in office. From Wordnik.com. [A Family Affair?] Reference
For three and a half years, the Bosnian Serbs strangled Sarajevo in the belief that one day it would be theirs. From Wordnik.com. [Sarajevo On The Spot] Reference
Often, the best that the condemned could hope for was that they'd be strangled before being set alight at the stake. From Wordnik.com. [Secrets of the Inquisition] Reference
Allegedly abducted from outside her house at night, Lesliewas strangled to death the next day with an electrical cord. From Wordnik.com. [Sex, Death And Videotape] Reference
Remember how shocked — and thrilled — we were when Tony strangled a mob turncoat in the middle of touring colleges with his daughter?. From Wordnik.com. [Too Much Of a Bad Thing] Reference
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