Words similar to stranglehold

Example sentences for: stranglehold

How can you use “stranglehold” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Its hero asserts that private enterprise has a stranglehold on American politics.
The majors have a stranglehold on those slots, and they've invested a lot of energy and money in ensuring that they continue to own them.
If Rule's idea were right, then companies from other countries, which, for example, flood the chip market with underpriced products, would simply be acting in the consumer's interest, even if they are seeking a stranglehold on the market.
An article describes Big Sugar's stranglehold on public policy.
In 1654 Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, dispatched a British fleet to the Caribbean to break the stranglehold of the Spanish.