suffocating
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Synonyms
breathless, close, stifling, stuffy
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In response to this suffocating messaging, Knix has launched a photo exhibit featuring images of 250 postpartum women. — Maggie O'neill, Health.com, "These Stunning 7 Photos Celebrate the Beauty of Women's Postpartum Bodies," 20 Aug. 2019 Head coach Justin Wilcox is a defensive guru whoâs coordinated suffocating defenses at Boise State, Washington and Wisconsin. — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, "How CalâYes, CalâBuilt What May Be the Best Secondary in College Football," 13 Aug. 2019 The Dodgers are giving him time at that position mostly to give him at-bats without the grind catching every day in the suffocating Oklahoma heat presents. — Los Angeles Times, "Austin Barnesâ batting improves in the relaxed setting of triple-A Oklahoma City," 13 Aug. 2019 Amash had always been a weird fit inside the increasingly suffocating Republican tent. — Lucy Steigerwald, The New Republic, "Justin Amash and the Libertarian Future," 29 July 2019 The idea of sweating glasses of brown liquor on a Sunday afternoon while wrapped in a blanket of heat and humidity seems suffocating. — Alex Abad-santos, Vox, "Inside the calculated race to create the next drink of summer," 17 July 2019 These acts affect every American family, our children are taught to shelter in place in our schools, our public spaces feel suffocating with escalating security barriers and feelings of unease. — Jane Morice | [email protected], cleveland.com, "Local, state politicians react to Dayton mass shooting that left 9 dead, more than 25 injured," 4 Aug. 2019 Temperature records fell across Europe last week as a suffocating heat wave swept up from the Sahara. — Fox News, "Photos from Greenland reveal worrying cost of European heat wave," 1 Aug. 2019 Temperature records fell across Europe last week as a suffocating heat wave swept up from the Sahara. — Washington Post, "Itâs official: UK broke temperature record during heat wave," 30 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'suffocating.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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