The only way we can become silent is by throttling down our engines.
He flew for another ten minutes to make sure of regaining his own lines, and then, throttling his engine, he glided down towards the barrier of cloud.
Throttling down the power of the engine he spirals downwards, keenly observing the country below.
If, however, by the simple movement of throttling down the power and thrust, he can be relieved of looking after the longitudinal stability, he then has only two instruments to watch.
Most likely fromthrottling associations in connexion with the practice of garrotting.
The assault is usually made from behind, and the victim is robbed while the throttling proceeds.
In English the word throttling is probably oftener applied to strangulation by the hand than by cords.
But you now, throttlingme who was bawling and crying out because I wanted to ease myself, had not the heart to carry me forth out of doors, you wretch; but I did it there while I was being throttled.
Then he springs upon me; and then he was wounding me, and beating me, and throttling me.
This, however, should not be confused with throttling the motor.
Throttling consists in restricting the size of the opening through which the mixture passes, and thus limits the amount of the charge that reaches the cylinders at each suction stroke of the piston.
Lane concentrated all his remaining strength in throttling the savage.
At the same instant Lane was borne to the ground by the other Apache, who, seizing him by the throat, began throttling him into insensibility.
No sooner was the street door open, than he was throttling the first dog passing, bringing upon himself and me endless grief.
Throttling to the speed of an ordinary fishing craft they approached the fleet and dodged skilfully among the boats in the direction of the Pelican.
Throttling the throbbing motor until its soft breathing could be heard only a few boat-lengths, she nodded to the fisherman: "All right, Tom.
Throttling to quarter-speed they skirted the south shore of the island and nosed their way along the coast.
Development Air Shutters: The first engines had no provision for throttling the intake air.
Next moment he was aware of two great hands half throttling him.
May you burn in hell for throttling me, you young devil.
The throttling grip of the poison at the base of his brain drew his head back until his muzzle was pointed straight up to the sky.
And then, like a hand throttling him, there came a strange stiffness in the back of his neck, and his breath hissed chokingly out of his throat.
The result was that he was slowly throttling White Fang.
With his fingers he plucked madly at the throttling hands on his neck, and tore at them with his nails until the blood streamed from them.
Vain were the trooper's struggles to free himself from that throttling grip.
Redirect--"You have heard what has been said about your expression of throttling the law, of killing it, of stabbing it.
Kmita turned to them; but he was very pale now, for rage was throttling him, and his teeth chattered as in a fever.
No sooner was the street-door open, than he was throttling the first dog passing, bringing upon himself and me endless grief.
Poverty is a soft pedal upon all branches of human activity, not excepting the spiritual, and even the original Puritans, for all their fire, felt its throttling caress.
He sees thethrottling influence of an ever alert and bellicose Puritanism, not only in our grand literature, but also in our petit literature, our minor poetry, even in our humour.
Still there was a spirit of mutual accommodation upon the whole, and they dragged on like dogs in couples, with some difficulty and occasional snarling, but without absolutely coming to a stand-still or throttling each other.
Yet before he could accomplish this, or his lips could give utterance to a sound, my hands closed on his throat, crushing him down to the sill, and throttling him into silence between the vise of my fingers.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "throttling" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
