Explore Strangler through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like killer or choker. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Strangler in a sentence
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Strangler meaning
- Someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling.
- An epiphyte whose aerial roots eventually strangle the tree on which it grows.
Synonyms of Strangler
Using Strangler
- The main meaning on this page is: Someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling. | An epiphyte whose aerial roots eventually strangle the tree on which it grows.
- Useful related words include: strangler tree, killer, choker, throttler.
- In the example corpus, strangler often appears in combinations such as: boston strangler, the strangler, strangler baal-pteor.
Context around Strangler
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Strangler
- In this selection, "strangler" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, boston, actually, tattletale, baal, figs and got stand out and add context to how "strangler" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are actually strangler figs as and as the strangler baal pteor. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "strangler" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with strangler
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The ‘Boston Strangler’ killed 13 women. (6 words)
Suffolk Strangler's father says his son was driven to murder. (11 words)
The strangler fig and the northern rātā (Metrosideros robusta) of New Zealand are examples of this. (16 words)
Gyges was the son of Dascylus, who, when recalled from banishment in Cappadocia by the Lydian king Myrsilos—called Candaules "the Dog-strangler" (a title of the Lydian Hermes) by the Greeks—sent his son back to Lydia instead of himself. (41 words)
This movie is also unique in the way it repeatedly uses split screens, which makes the film look like pictures from a newspaper, invoking how many people followed the Strangler’s story at the time. (35 words)
Some of his hardest victories have come from fighting single opponents of inhuman strength: one such as Thak, the ape man from " Rogues in the House ", or the strangler Baal-Pteor in "Shadows in Zamboula". (35 words)
Example sentences (15)
It is a species of the genus Ficus, and many of them are actually strangler figs, as they grow or germinate upon other trees.
So, hearing that the Boston Strangler got the movie treatment instead of TV was a nice surprise.
The ‘Boston Strangler’ killed 13 women.
The film follows Loretta McLaughlin (), a reporter for the Record-American newspaper, who becomes the first journalist to connect the Boston Strangler murders.
This movie is also unique in the way it repeatedly uses split screens, which makes the film look like pictures from a newspaper, invoking how many people followed the Strangler’s story at the time.
SpongeBob () befriends the Tattletale Strangler, camps right outside his house with Squidward (), tries to sell chocolate with Patrick, and so much more.
In it, forensic psychiatrist Leena has teamed up with her new colleague Kaius, to study the minds of three serial killers – a strangler, a nurse and someone who drowns their victims.
Suffolk Strangler's father says his son was driven to murder.
If you are not able to address the old system using the strangler pattern, then robotic process automation (RPA) may provide a “two birds, one stone” option.
Throughout the 1970s, the BTK killer, or BTK strangler, as he was also known, sent letters to the media in which he claimed knowledge of the crimes.
Gyges was the son of Dascylus, who, when recalled from banishment in Cappadocia by the Lydian king Myrsilos—called Candaules "the Dog-strangler" (a title of the Lydian Hermes) by the Greeks—sent his son back to Lydia instead of himself.
In the tales, no human is ever described as being stronger than Conan, although several are mentioned as taller (such as the strangler Baal-pteor) or of larger bulk.
Some of his hardest victories have come from fighting single opponents of inhuman strength: one such as Thak, the ape man from " Rogues in the House ", or the strangler Baal-Pteor in "Shadows in Zamboula".
Split-screen can also be used to the extent that it becomes part of the narrative structure of a film, as in The Boston Strangler.
The strangler fig and the northern rātā (Metrosideros robusta) of New Zealand are examples of this.
Common combinations with strangler
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- boston strangler 5×
- the strangler 5×
- strangler baal-pteor 2×