How to Use choke in a Sentence

choke

1 of 2 verb

• The flowers were choked by the weeds.
• The thick smoke was choking me.
• Chew your food well so you don't choke.
• We were choking on fumes.
• His voice was choked when the first words found their way out.
  — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2024
• Ryan had already choked on the vomit that was in his throat.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
• The 24-year-old man who choked Neely has not been identified.
  — Maria Cramer, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
• In the third round, Green picked him apart with striking, knocked him down, then choked him out with six seconds left in the fight.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 July 2023
• Pakistan can choke Afghanistan’s transit trade and strike across the border.
  — Aqil Shah, Foreign Affairs, 9 Jan. 2024
• Then came the Gold Rush, with hydraulic mining that choked creeks with gravel.
  — Catrin Einhorn Max Whittaker, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
• The only thing the three-minute-long video does show is Daniel Penny choking Jordan Neely to death.
  — Alex Thomas, The New Republic, 9 June 2023
• The man was choking on food that had become lodged in his throat, according to the outlet.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
• One victim was a 14-year-old Black boy whom Chauvin also hit in the head with a flashlight and choked.
  — Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 26 Jan. 2024
• New York City’s air quality became the worst in the world, choked with smoke blown down from Quebec.
  — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2023
• The Dodgers: For making my year and (again) choking before chewing on the wishbone.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
• Since cheese can be a choking hazard, shred it or cut it into small, diced pieces.
  — Stephanie Karpinske, Parents, 17 Aug. 2023
• Three months later, Chauvin hit a 14-year-old Black boy at least twice in the head with a heavy flashlight, choked him and pushed him against a wall.
  — Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 14 Dec. 2023
• Long caravans of cars choked the main highway for days and those who couldn’t take to the road lined up for emergency flights out of the city.
  — David Sharp and Jim Morris, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2023
• Jimenez pulled this girl’s hair and choked her, prosecutors said.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 13 Feb. 2024
• The suspect then allegedly got out of his car to pursue them on foot again, before choking one of the teens.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 28 Aug. 2023
• The hostages were on their hands and knees, coughing and choking, before Olsson could order them back to the nooses.
  — Donald Beaulieu, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
• This helps keep their airway open when moving large amounts of air through their massive bodies and not choke.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2024
• Something to be aware of is the amount of small pieces in these kits, which can easily become choking hazards.
  — Julia Pelly, Parents, 24 Oct. 2023
• In April 2020, they were caught on video appearing to choke a woman at a bar in Reykjavik, Iceland.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 June 2023
• Two of the officers who took the photos had arrived at the scene after McClain was choked and handcuffed.
  — Audra D. S. Burch, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• First the Cowlitz, then the Lewis, then the Sandy; all choked for a week to three with the most delicious finger food (smoked or fried) and best sturgeon bait (on a hook) to ever warm a heart.
  — Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 31 Mar. 2023
• The video showed Mitchell, in an orange jail shirt and pants, raise his hands and use the chains linking his handcuffs to choke Durm, according to the affidavit.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 14 July 2023
• The suspect then got on top of his father and choked him while covering his mouth to prevent him from breathing.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
• Has the aggressor ever choked you or attempted to choke you?
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2024
• Two of the women said Portnoy both choked and filmed them without permission, per the report.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Aug. 2023

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choke

2 of 2 noun

• The key is that the birds have to be in the range that matches your load and choke.
  — Tom Keer, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2021
• There was the split finger and the choke change, which helped Trevor Hoffman to the Hall of Fame.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2022
• Giles takes the back and has a rear naked choke at the close but Krause appears to be saved by the bell.
  — Todd Martin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2020
• Turn the on/off switch to on. Find the choke, which usually looks like a lever.
  — Lexi Whitehead, The Enquirer, 22 June 2022
• Nunes went for the kill late in the round and had a tight rear-naked choke applied as the horn sounded.
  — Mma Junkie, azcentral, 6 June 2020
• As of Friday night, Purdue is the choke artist program of the decade.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2023
• But as likable as Fowler is, there's still the choke factor.
  — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 18 June 2023
• Pinto is close enough to see the archduke choke on his own blood.
  — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2023
• The choke was easy to adjust, and the tires had plenty of grip on ice, slush, and snow and never slipped.
  — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2023
• The best all-around choke for a grouse gun is Improved Cylinder (IC).
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 24 Dec. 2020
• Remove the screw-in choke tube, and use a wire brush on the threads—both on the tube and in the barrel—to get grease and fouling out.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2021
• There’s an extra-full choke at the end of their Benellis, all stoked with 3.5-inch No.
  — Drew Palmer, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2020
• Throw some swivel studs on it and have the barrel cut down and threaded for choke tubes.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 23 Mar. 2021
• Short barrel, tight choke, sling swivels, and some type of sight makes a turkey gun.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 6 July 2020
• Then he sucker punched him and then his dad ran up and put Malik in a Cho choke cold.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2022
• But, hey, pull that choke, yank the recoil starter, and that big Honda roars to life in seconds.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2023
• Is this the day the catalytic converter chokes closed for good?
  — Jason M. Vaughn, Car and Driver, 23 May 2020
• Perkins called out step by step for Tennyson to get in full mount and trap his opponent in the choke.
  — The Courier-Journal, 25 Aug. 2022
• Or, cut the artichoke in half or quarters and use a spoon or your fingers to scrape away the choke.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 22 Mar. 2021
• These sorts of choke points exist throughout the supply chain.
  — New York Times, 22 Oct. 2021
• The eBay choke cable has been sitting in a storage hatch under the back bed for more than a year.
  — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2023
• That was the biggest choke job what the Atlanta Falcons did today.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 20 Sep. 2020
• After the Force choke, viewers are already primed for it.
  — Emma Grey Ellis, Wired, 12 Nov. 2020
• Gently twist and pull away the petals at the very center until the furry choke is revealed.
  — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2021
• In the third round, Moreno submitted Figueiredo via rear naked choke, taking the belt.
  — Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 7 July 2023
• Remember to remove the fuzzy choke with a spoon before eating the heart.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 22 Mar. 2021
• The Brazilian then quickly slapped on a rear-naked choke and forced Blachowicz to tap out.
  — Matthew Wells, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2021
• In a video, Miller hand delivered a huge chunk of the cake to Ryker -- the slice that included, of course, Miller doing the choke sign.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Aug. 2021
• How wide or concentrated that cone is depends on the load and choke.
  — Chris Mudgett, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2020
• That resulted in an argument from others at the scene who said the girl had been seizing and said food in her mouth could become a choke hazard.
  — Ashley Killough, CNN, 15 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024