choked

IPA: tʃˈoʊkt

Having been unable to breathe due to airway obstruction (choking) or strangulation, but usually to the point of pain and discomfort without death.
(figurative) Blocked or obstructed by thick material, often plant growth.

Examples of "choked" in Sentences

This he whispered in choked tones as he set foot on the stairs.
The pieces fell into place, all at once, and I again choked on the dregs of my now-cold latte.
Saying someone "choked" is saying the coldest thing in sports, so the charge shouldn't be made easily.
To which he replied in choked accents which yet could not conceal the inexpressible elation of his heart:
The word choked poor Dan, but he stumbled on, and told of the poor fellow's last charge to him, his last request to his mother.
Of these, the first are again choked with sand; the second are considered unsafe; and the third only is accessible to travellers.
"Neat, man, neat," he warned Bertie, who gulped down a tumbler two-thirds full of the raw spirits, and coughed and choked from the angry bite of it till the tears ran down his cheeks.
A sharp line was ploughed between his brows; his breath came in short choked gusts, he was utterly the vessel of his longing, and yet an ultimate basic consideration, lost in the pounding of his veins, still restrained him.