Chokes
[tʃəuks]
Examples
- The blood of Danton chokes him, cried someone. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Next our peaceful Tupman comes, So rosy, plump, and sweet, Who chokes with laughter at the puns, And tumbles off his seat. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The two party system chokes off the cry of a minority--perhaps the best way there is of precipitating an explosion. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I taste it, smell it, see it, it chokes me, and then it breaks out like this. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Edited by Greg