Sentence examples for such a stranglehold from inspiring English sources

Indeed, it is a shame the fossil fuel industries still have such a stranglehold on Congress.

Has anything else this unpleasant-looking and sounding had such a stranglehold over the minds and mouths of Britain?

Ms. Kanwar smiled at the notion that she could maintain such a stranglehold over her sons' wives — they simply have too much leverage.

"But it's got to be when you're behind in the count, not when you have such a stranglehold on the count".

"This man had such a stranglehold on this town it defies description," said Gary F. Stowell, a lawyer hired by the borough to conduct the assessment.

It may be that social conservatives have such a stranglehold on the Republican party that social issues no longer have traction there.

Loose styles of wrestling, which are used in modern international competition, commence with the wrestlers separated and free to seize any grip that they choose except such as are explicitly forbidden (e.g., taking hold of an opponent's clothing or using a life-threatening grip, such as a stranglehold).

That is what happens when one man is allowed to establish such a financial stranglehold on a sport.

When it comes to the subject of men and sexual performance the onus has usually been on activities that can impose a stranglehold on love-making, such as downing one too many lagers before the occasion.

The availability of good technical managers has, to me, always held more of a stranglehold on some hot industries (such as biotechnology) than the availability of technology itself.

Beginning in the 1950s, Triad groups such as the 14K and Sun Yee On gained a stranglehold on the Walled City's countless brothels, gambling parlors, and opium dens.