Choked

Examples

• Her voice was choked as she went on--was quavering as with the contemplation of some strange, yet closely-present idea. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I wish Glowry was choked with her Man of Sin and her Battle of Armageddon, cried the other, and the carriage rolled away over Putney Bridge. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• And some fell among thorns and the thorns sprung up and choked them. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He drew his arms tightly over his bosom, and choked back the bitter tears, and tried to pray. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I saw him served with the best of everything--and I shouldn't have been sorry if the best of everything had choked him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Two ropes would be put about the neck of each animal, with a slip noose, so that he could be choked if too unruly. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Looking round the office, as if her father were a captive and this his cell, Bella hugged him and choked him to her heart's content. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She was bruised and scratched and torn, and had been held by the throat, at last, and choked. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Amy, who was fond of delicate fare, took a heaping spoonful, choked, hid her face in her napkin, and left the table precipitately. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• They are often valueless, because they soon become choked and cannot be properly cleaned. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Fred was absolutely dumb from astonishment, and half choked with rage and pride. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Even when Peggotty was in the act of drinking, he was seized with one of those approaches, and almost choked her. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I must tell you, for you must know, that Evelyn, poor little Evelyn--her voice was choked by sobs. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Speak out or be choked! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He laughed until he choked, and we got a knife and opened the goose. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I wish I'd letten myself be choked first. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I hardly know how; I feel as if I should be choked,' replied the boy. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Archer choked with the sense of wasted minutes and vain words. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Deafened by the noise, stifled, choked, and blinded by the dust, they hid their faces and stood rooted to the spot. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Also of thinking that Jip once barked in the distance, and was instantly choked by somebody. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Come, eat something, she said; but I put both away from me, feeling as if a drop or a crumb would have choked me in my present condition. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Oh, Oh, she sobbed, then looked at Catherine and choked. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The Byzantine army had fought with its back to the river, which was presently choked with its dead. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• No--she needn't--and she shan't--and I won't be a slave in my own house--and I won't be starved and choked with poison. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• My tears choked me, as they do now. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• For quickly the fair proportion of this edifice would be more defaced, than are the sand-choked ruins of the desert temples of Palmyra. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Jos, who was just going to gasp out an avowal, choked almost with the emotion that he was obliged to restrain. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Vast vacant crowds presently choked the streets, and every house and shop that possessed such adornments hung out flags. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Tom's voice choked, and the tears ran down his cheeks. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• But, as it was--And here, the little man's voice was for a minute choked. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

Edited by Cathryn