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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a feeling of suffocation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a sense of being overwhelmed or constrained, either physically or emotionally.
Example: "During the intense meeting, I experienced a feeling of suffocation as the pressure to perform mounted."
Alternatives: "a sense of constriction" or "a sensation of being trapped."
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In that case, the paralyzing agent would cause a feeling of suffocation.
Years later, in my 30s, the shrill and the lights of ambulances would induce acute anxiety, a feeling of suffocation.
Kashmiris describe a sense of daily humiliation, sometimes petty and sometimes grave, together with a feeling of suffocation by a conflict that shows no hope of immediate improvement.
Sometimes the ordeal included waterboarding, in which a prisoner's face is covered with cloth and water is poured from above to create a feeling of suffocation.
It involves strapping a suspect to a board with feet elevated, covering his face with a cloth and pouring water on it to produce a feeling of suffocation.
Waterboarding involves strapping a prisoner to a board, covering his face with cloth and pouring water over the cloth to produce a feeling of suffocation.
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He told the agency that at times he had been hooded, forced to sit motionless for up to 16 hours or bound with belts while a wet towel was put around his face for an hour, inducing a feeling of slow suffocation.
SM's moments of fear occurred during an experiment that involved inhaling carbon dioxide through a mask in amounts that are not harmful but create a momentary feeling of suffocation.
Another newspaper, Maariv, said: "The main feeling accompanying us, following yesterday's events, was a heavy feeling of suffocation.
In his dreams, Mr. Jain would come to know a familiar feeling of suffocation, and the sensation that someone, or something, was trying to kill him.
But the thought of being locked up for weeks on end on a ship with my fish-obsessed, racist great-grandfather instantly brought on an intense feeling of suffocation.
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