Knopf, who had just put his glass up to his mouth, began to cough and choke so that he was forced to leave the table.
It forms the chief part of the deadly 'choke damp' after an explosion in a mine.
In a moment they were out again and rushed back to their respective stubs, where they threw their heads back and wriggled their minnows down their throats with a haste to choke them all.
All four legs had clawed or pushed their way through the mesh, till every kick and struggle served only to bind and choke him more effectually.
This is not a tax for revenue, which is not needed; but a tax to "choke off" the landlords, to use a common American phrase.
It would choke him; no, he keeps silver forks to touch his anointed lips!
I must first give vent to my anger, or it will choke me.
Blucher, my dear friend, let me go, or you will choke me!
Choke him stiff until I get something in his mouth.
I hope that ice-scream willchoke that outfit, especially that lace-curtain female critter!
Knowing that Glendon was in one of his most surly moods, Katherine moved slowly up the steps of the porch, trying to choke back her terrible dread.
The wall in front of him reminded him of the grim grey walls of the Arizona Penitentiary, and he felt that if he could only get Wentz by the throat and choke him slowly to death, he would be willing to go to the Penitentiary for life.
She caught her breath, and clapped her hands to her lips to choke down the wild scream of fear that rose to them.
I know we can git out that turnip if we can hit on the right tools and somebody to manage em right; but we've got to be quick about it or the critter'll choke to death, sure!
He wanted to choke his life out slowly, with his two hands, and he attacked him openly and fairly.
For many minutes he had spoken in a quiet, even voice, and Philip Curtis sat with scarcely a breath and a heart that at times had risen in his throat to choke him.
They'll put a rope round my neck, an' choke me to death if they catch me--because I came in time to save her!
This advice was highly applauded by them all, and was accounted the very masterpiece of hell, namely, to choke Mansoul with a fulness of this world, and to surfeit her heart with the good things thereof.
Do you not know that of the parable, "The deceitfulness of riches choke the word"?
Besides, you cannot choke a man asleep without waking him.
These two were the kind that will choke you before they ask the time of night.
He was gazing down into her face with a look which was so full of yearning and love that it brought a choke into the throats of the pair who saw it.
What's the use of wastin' strength pumpin' up words when they're blowed back down your throat fast enough to choke you?
I am determined that the boys and girls of this community shall get an education even if they choke the creek with teachers.
We're going to see if we can choke some sense into this boy of yourn," was the answer.
They preferred to choke a different story out of me, but they wouldn't have got it if they had choked me to death.
Call off your wife," said he, "or I will choke you!
One of the villagers going out to hunt took a short cut through the choke cherry bushes.
Just then Brave raised his muddy face and hands up thru the choke cherry bushes.
Choke cherries had grown up, hiding the grave from view.
And the little man turned away trying to choke his tears and raging at his failure.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "choke" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
