Smothering in a sentence

In Week 2 he faces the test of not repeating the smothering of a similar style runner in Hess.

Paqueta played Michail Antonio through on goal, but a heavy touch allowed Ederson to make a smothering save.

Westminster inquiries can act as a fire blanket on controversy, smothering the intensity of the political flames by allowing their subject to swerve questions for as long as they take.

A key impact of this is erosion and sedimentation; flooding events, particularly in the winter months, are likely to cause damage to shoreline, smothering plant life and disrupting aquatic ecosystems.

Alongside her strokes, Swiatek has clearly established herself as the best returner, smothering opponents with her relentless depth and consistency alongside her determination to crush second serves and immediately take control.

Brady is smothering Burns thus far in this round.

I think it is because he recognized in me, long before that tree discussion, his own independent disposition that he was able to support my dreams instead of trying to deter me or quash my spirit with smothering fatherly concern.

Smothering defense from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope pic.

The 21-year-old lured Christopher back to his bedsit before strangling him, smothering him and cutting his body up into three pieces in the shared bathroom.

The massive burger, pictured here, boasts all the essentials: a specially made bap to hold the patty, a mountain of onion rings, a smothering of cheese, and, of course, some greens including lettuce, red onion, and tomatoes.

They thought they were helping and really they were just smothering their daughter.

This is the slow smothering of Egyptian democracy in a play-by-play fashion featuring direct collaboration of Washington, Brussels, and Abu Dhabi.

With the Portland defense smothering Johnson to the tune of eight sacks, the Bulldogs were able to break away in the third quarter.

The book’s main fault is its smothering of the issue of inter-group conflict which has left a legacy of strained relations among the country’s various peoples.

You may perceive or fear relationships as being smothering or that they will interfere with your independence.

Among those earlier pioneer efforts was a hard-boiled gem called His Name Is…Savage!, a violent and visceral espionage saga published in June 1968 but relegated to obscurity by smothering distribution woes.

Most sporting champions are forged in the smothering heat of adversity and no season prepared Asher-Smith for this week more than the nightmare of 2017, when she in training five months before the 2017 world championships in London.

So, after finally agreed a five-year contract with after months of protracted negotiations, the retention of the club’s young talisman while under a transfer ban has been treated with a sense of giddy joy as smothering as this English summer.

The Bulldogs did just that, scoring three touchdowns in the game’s first five minutes while smothering Hazleton Area’s offense and allowing a of four yards for the game.

The Cavalier defense was smothering over the first 80 minutes, not allowing a single Wolfpack shot.