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Example sentences for: suffocating

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Autumn days are blinding in their goldenness, pretty girls suffocating in their softness, young executives crucifying in their crispness.
In 1579, seven provinces north of the Rhine conclude the Treaty of Utrecht, releasing the suffocating grip of Spanish rule.
Between tantrums, Julianne Moore opens and closes her mouth like a fish that's slowly suffocating at the bottom of a boat.
Le Figaro of Paris said the West has no choice but to continue fighting and quoted a Provençal proverb: "Once one has started suffocating the cat, one has to finish it."
In the primary, he can tell liberal voters that Bradley's health insurance plan would suck up all the oxygen in the budget, thereby suffocating the left's favorite programs.