smothering
IPA: smˈʌðɝɪŋ
noun
- The act by which someone or something is smothered.
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Examples of "smothering" in Sentences
- The kid suffered suffocation by smothering the fire.
- The cause of Danielle's death was very likely suffocation or smothering.
- He also recalled smothering Yengeni with a wet bag shortly after his arrest.
- I'm seeing it a little differently ... rather than "smothering" their voices, I'm hoping they'll just burn themselves out ...
- A parent taking too keen an interest in the children's lives was said to be "smothering" them, and probably spoiling them, too.
- •Now we know Tony is bad — as in smothering-poor-Larry-to-death bad — and wasn't that a fabulous final twist on 24 (Fox, 9 ET/PT).
- Some sociologists point the finger at recent trends in playdates and close parental supervision (known in some quarters as "smothering").
- San Jose's relentless offensive pressure was at least as important as its defense in smothering the defending Eastern Conference champions.
- Ellyn, what is the psychological profile of someone that crushes a child ` s skull as opposed to a, quote, "soft kill," such as smothering him?
- Let it wither like an aborted foetus of the human family if it persists in smothering the minds and sinews which constitute its authentic being.
- But what experience has taught us over the past few years is that the only effective means of stopping the "smothering" of the other two branches is the prospect of judicial review.
- There were no clouds, so at least the starlight would stave off the kind of smothering, total blackness he hated most, the kind where he couldn't even see up from down-that was the worst.
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