Sentence examples for suffocating force from inspiring English sources
History in the novel is a palpable presence, and presses down on the present with suffocating force.
But, in the current revival of David McVicar\u2019s darkly elegant production, Michael Volle\u2019s Scarpia restores some of the opera\u2019s impact, twisting the gnarled vines of his infatuation and brutality around his prey with suffocating force.
Vaughn (who wrote the story and co-wrote the script, with Jared Stern) gives himself the long-familiar role of motormouth: his character, Billy McMahon, is a water-cooler nightmare of backslapping encouragement, sentimental homilies, and obsolete pop-culture allusions — a living bear-hug of suffocating force.
It's those propulsive, breathtaking, suffocating forces inside us that make those moments so vivid and shocking, it's what's inside us that cracks the landscape open, shocking and illuminating like a streak of lightning.
When you picture the Bears, you probably see a suffocating defense forcing highlight-reel turnovers while their offense shuffles on and off the field without scoring.
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Wisconsin's defense suffocated Louisiana State, forcing 23 turnovers.
Afflicted by suffocating smog, Paris was forced in March to implement automotive austerity measures, restricting car travel through the city for one day to cars with odd-numbered license plates to reduce the emission of diesel fumes.
The smoke will rise up and enter the nest, suffocating the wasps and forcing them to vacate the nest.
"For years we've had a police force suffocated by bureaucracy, officers spending the majority of their time filling in forms and stuck behind desks.
"I Was Gasping for Contact" rushes toward us from an orb of pink on gray; the word "contact" where we expect "air" adds a surprising force: someone is suffocating from lack of love, not oxygen.
