Smothered in a sentence

BU outshot the Huskies in the first two periods, leading 19-13 in attempts after those frames, but Philips swatted away the Terriers’ shots, snatched stray bullets and smothered loose pucks in the crease to keep Northeastern alive.

Crews worked to clear other major highways that were closed by rockslides, swamped by flooding or smothered with mud while more than 10,000 people who were ordered out of seaside towns on the central coast were allowed to return home.

Defensively, meanwhile, the Middies smothered the Cougars, limiting the Orlando sisters to just three second-half points through a combination of pressure man-to-man and 3-2 zone.

He says he smothered his wife, it was the plan, they wanted to leave together in dignity, his crime was worse than murder.

He was saved by a friend that was in the garage with him who jumped on the comedian and smothered out the fire.

In Marcus Rashford they had a centre-forward who began and ended with 19 goals at home despite a series of chances that began with a left-foot shot half-smothered by Emiliano Martínez’s backside.

It is then cut into square portions, or rolled into individual servings and smothered in a clear, sweet syrup.

Many economists regard 3 percent, China’s official growth rate last year, as an overstatement of the true performance of the economy, which had been smothered by stringent “zero Covid” measures and spreading pandemic lockdowns.

Maybe they are trying to tell us to vacate before we get smothered by the oppressive heat and humidity.

None of the majors were better than Bailey's second, when he smothered Mason Cox's kick and received a handpass from Daniher before outmanoeuvring Cox and Murphy on the boundary and snapping truly.

Officials said that over 90 per cent of the wildfires have been smothered before they spread beyond 5 hectares.

On the video, I could see office towers smothered in flames.

Seven sheriff’s deputies in central Virginia were arrested and charged with second-degree murder Tuesday in the death of a Black man who prosecutors say was fatally “smothered” while in custody.

Whitley couldn’t rely on Fallowfield from the resulting corner, as Barry Bannan’s cross was met by the head of Dominic Iorfa, whose header was comfortably smothered by Whitley.

After a bit of a slow start defensively, K-State smothered the Cowboys, keeping them out of the end zone until Oklahoma State’s final drive of the game.

Both died of gunshots and the children had either been smothered or poisoned because there were no signs of trauma on their bodies.

Earlier this month, a new public walkway was opened - running from the beach car park to the shoreline - after the old one was smothered by sand.

Her conviction was based on claims she had smothered the children, but these were overturned as unsafe by the Court of Appeal in 2003 and she was released.

He then choked her, smothered her with a pillow and dismembered her in a bathtub.

However, instead of revealing that James smothered Mary, the tape instead shows James' original footage of his and Mary's peaceful vacation in Silent Hill.