Verb (used with object) : Censorship strangles a free press. From Dictionary.com.
"No," said Julia after a pause, the word strangling her. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Julia Page] Reference
Sawyer’s chain strangling was brutal and strangely therapeutic. From Wordnik.com. [The Tail Section » Revisiting Lost’s Third Season: Episodes 18-19] Reference
It was only too evident that if he had carried out the idea of strangling. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Mr Haschka said he did not recall strangling her but "must have" after she came at him with a. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
This border problem is 'strangling' Central Wales. From Wordnik.com. [Llanymynech] Reference
Half-felt forces pulled him through some kind of strangling barrier into air he could breathe. From Wordnik.com. [I Don’t Understand ?] Reference
The author asides (such as strangling being illegal) became a little distracting after a while and turned my 4 into a 3. From Wordnik.com. [CHOCOLATE MILK • by Ladonna A. Watkins] Reference
In response, Amnesty International charged Russia with "strangling" the rights to freedom of assembly and peaceful protest. From Wordnik.com. [Is Russia Leading a Regional Authoritarian Trend?] Reference
UK and Germany, amid signs of a national pullback to lessen the risk of "strangling" the country's banks. From Wordnik.com. [Financial Times - UK Homepage] Reference
According to the Red Cross, Gaza's poverty is directly linked to the blockade that is "strangling" the local economy. From Wordnik.com. [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference
Big banks 'strangling' mortgage market global financial crisis has wiped out the competition that was created by previous banking reforms. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
Taxes are oppressive and strangling the U.S. economy. From Wordnik.com. [We Want to Be Optimistic, but That's Hard Just Now] Reference
You make a strangling motion, twisting your pants at the knees. From Wordnik.com. [CARTOGRAPHY] Reference
Government attacked for strangling the self-build homes movement. From Wordnik.com. [Self-build homes face a new set of obstacles] Reference
Long Island toddler dies after strangling on window blind chain. From Wordnik.com. [Child strangulation hazards in the news] Reference
The fronds above Khalil rustle as if someone's strangling the tree. From Wordnik.com. [from MLKNG SCKLS] Reference
"Imagine strangling a child who is not dying quickly or quietly enough.". From Wordnik.com. [Priestess Of Death] Reference
Other sacrifices likely died by strangling, smothering or a blow to the head. From Wordnik.com. [Children Of The Ice] Reference
In letters to The Associated Press, Gleason admitted strangling both inmates. From Wordnik.com. [Va. inmate rescinds plea in killing] Reference
I was annoyed it was almost dawn, andI felt like strangling myself with my pink boa. From Wordnik.com. [Salome Danced] Reference
He is accused of strangling Nicholson and dumping her partially clothed body in the woods. From Wordnik.com. [How the Media Treat Murder] Reference
She had left because of the oppression of marriage, the strangling monotony of the days. From Wordnik.com. [Everything is Fine] Reference
But what about George Will's fine whine that the insurance industry faces strangling regulation?. From Wordnik.com. [Rob Stone M.D.: Progressives and Conservatives Agree: Single Payer Healthcare Is Inevitable] Reference
Technology, wireless market competition, and the FCC are in the process of strangling this rip-off. From Wordnik.com. [7 ways to protect yourself from cell phone overage "gotchas"] Reference
Instead, you should have shown those big corporations that are strangling citizens of their own countries. From Wordnik.com. [OFFSHORING, ANYONE?] Reference
Whitman says she would target tax cuts for employers and reduce regulations that she said are "strangling business.". From Wordnik.com. [Meg Whitman Denies Presidential Aspirations] Reference
The Democratic Party's capture by public unions and professional politicians is strangling much of liberalism's agenda. From Wordnik.com. [Week in Review] Reference
Huge pension liabilities are strangling corporate America, and execs say this new debt is choking off an economic recovery. From Wordnik.com. [Business's Killer I.O.U.] Reference
And he has nightmares, in which he winds up strangling his wife in bed in his sleep - until she bites him and wakes him up. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: The Dry Land] Reference
A growing number of attacks around the Kabul-to-Kandahar highway are strangling the flow of aid to southeastern Afghanistan. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
And he has nightmares, in which he winds up strangling his wife in bed in his sleep -- until she bites him and wakes him up. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: The Dry Land] Reference
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