Throttled
[θrɔtld]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Throttle
Checker: Quincy
Examples
- Who began it, or how fair it was, or how unfair, may be doubtful; but how it ended is certainly not doubtful, for the victim was found throttled. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She tied a knot with flashing eyes, as if it throttled a foe. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- So quickly did Tarzan of the Apes drag back his prey that Kulonga's cry of alarm was throttled in his windpipe. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He found another vent for his rage by snatching up Rosamond's words again, as if they were reptiles to be throttled and flung off. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Checker: Quincy