Sentence examples for a stranglehold in from inspiring English sources

Pythons have a stranglehold in Florida.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has urged his team to gain a stranglehold in the top four during a run of winter games which he admits could define the club's season.

"I think for any modern state and any state signatory to the W.T.O.," he said, referring to the World Trade Organization, "restricting the export of any material which has a stranglehold in the world is just a nonstarter".

But the visitors were full of confidence and took a stranglehold in midfield, as Oscar, Costa and Willian found plenty of space behind Swansea's midfield.

The company was highly influential in the way hi-fi was sold, and it managed to wrest market share from Linn and Naim, who had a stranglehold in the UK.

But even as the Bruins put the Leafs in what appeared, at the time, to be a stranglehold in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal, the Leafs surpassed expectations at five-on-five.

But, despite a recent stranglehold in the fixture, including a 4-0 SCuptish Cup semi-final win when the teams last met at Hampden in 2006, the former Scotland striker winned against any complacency.

Louis-based Earthgrains have more of an international reach than many of its competitors, with a near stranglehold in Spain, its array of inconspicuous fresh breads and rolls could also be easily renamed to carry the Sara Lee label.

Until then, two parties, National and Labour, had had a stranglehold on politics in New Zealand in a first-past-the-post system.At a recent National Party conference, Mrs Shipley said she favoured changing the present system.

But the Saffrons were totally blown away in the 15-minute period after the break as Donegal took a complete stranglehold in the middle third of the field and got their running game going.

The Cavan forwards didn't have much possession to start with as Armagh took an early stranglehold in the middle third of the field.