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Strangle in a sentence
Related words
Strangle meaning
- To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
- To stifle or suppress.
- To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
Synonyms of Strangle
Using Strangle
- The main meaning on this page is: To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle. | To stifle or suppress. | To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
- Useful related words include: throttle, stifle, suffocate, choke.
- Possible Dutch translations are: wurgen, worgen.
- In the example corpus, strangle often appears in combinations such as: to strangle, strangle her, strangle him.
Context around Strangle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Strangle
- In this selection, "strangle" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, directly, may, economies and gabby stand out and add context to how "strangle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include attempted to strangle her in and amicia to strangle and incapacitate. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "strangle" sits close to words such as abdi, absa and absconding, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with strangle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The gold standard and balanced budget policies directly strangle economies and the middle class. (14 words)
A year earlier, Majors allegedly “threatened to strangle and kill her” during another argument. (14 words)
In October 2017, Ms Ronne finally left her partner because he threatened to strangle her to death. (17 words)
Newcastle Crown Court was told that matters then escalated and Gibson put his hands around the victim's throat and began to strangle her while Oliver picked up a vase and looked like she was going to throw it through a window. (42 words)
Ratray was also arrested in December 2021 on domestic violence charges in an unrelated incident after he was accused of trying to strangle his then-girlfriend at a Hyatt hotel near downtown Oklahoma City. (34 words)
He described to detectives how he climbed over to the back seat of the car while it was still parked on Passagefort Drive and used a rope to strangle the 20-year-old. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Foster’s ex-girlfriend testified in a preliminary hearing that he had attempted to strangle her in a rage in 2017 after another man texted her.
He described to detectives how he climbed over to the back seat of the car while it was still parked on Passagefort Drive and used a rope to strangle the 20-year-old.
Horrified by Sharon's revelation that he's not Albie's dad and will no longer see the tot, he went to strangle her as The Six tried to stop him.
If you aren’t careful, it will strangle you into submission to the very same forces that you’re running from.
In the 1962 flashback, Eliza rises from the dead and goes over to William’s mansion to strangle him.
James Maughan, 29, pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm with intent after tying up his victim, holding her head under water and trying to strangle her in a frenzied attack lasting several hours.
Mel C shared her own throwback images with one showing Geri playfully pretending to strangle her as they posed for the camera.
Newcastle Crown Court was told that matters then escalated and Gibson put his hands around the victim's throat and began to strangle her while Oliver picked up a vase and looked like she was going to throw it through a window.
Schaefer later testified that Sheila had racially abused him and tried to strangle him during an argument about the pregnancy.
The gold standard and balanced budget policies directly strangle economies and the middle class.
These unlicensed, “gray-market” operations may strangle the Empire State’s legal marijuana industry in its crib, thwarting politicians’ ambitions of advancing racial equity via drug legalization.
This impactful skill is reminiscent of the iconic stealth takedowns in and allows Amicia to strangle and incapacitate enemies with her sling more efficiently and, most importantly, more quietly.
A year earlier, Majors allegedly “threatened to strangle and kill her” during another argument.
Donwin Duwayne Freeman Jr, 34 of Rome, was arrested this week after reports said he attempted to strangle a woman to death at an apartment on Lyons Drive.
In 2014 he split from wife Loni Wilson, and she later alleged that he attempted to strangle her in a fight.
In October 2017, Ms Ronne finally left her partner because he threatened to strangle her to death.
Laundrie would strangle Gabby Petito to death just days later and dump her body in a remote Wyoming camping area.
Morgan Rowan was just 16 years old when she was brutally beaten and raped by Alcala during a party at his Hollywood home in 1968 - before he tried to strangle her to death.
Ratray was also arrested in December 2021 on domestic violence charges in an unrelated incident after he was accused of trying to strangle his then-girlfriend at a Hyatt hotel near downtown Oklahoma City.
The 29-year-old man punched her four times to the head and tried to strangle her before sexually assaulting her.
Common combinations with strangle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: