Example sentences for: suffocated

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

  • This kind of picture has one of two thrusts: It either sides with the suffocated housewife who, like Ibsen's Nora, strives to break free of a repressive patriarchal hold, or it demonizes a culture that tempts men and women to put their own gratification before their responsibilities as parents.

  • Its flow is constant — never suffocated by the all-pervading sand or evaporated by the oppressive heat of the sun.

  • When did the Washington Post swap identities with the New York Times ? One day, it seemed, the Post rollicked readers with its cheeky personality and the next suffocated them with the sort of overcast official news that made the Times famous.

  • It’s still being debated whether 123 suffocated and 23 survived or “only” 43 died, leaving 21 survivors, but however many died, they were enough impetus for Clive to crush Siraj-ud-daula at the Battle of Plassey.


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