Sentence examples for total stranglehold from inspiring English sources

But even though black boxers dominated the sport for a significant chunk of the 20th century – black fighters held an almost total stranglehold on the heavyweight title, with a handful of exceptions, from Joe Louis in the 1930s to the Klitschko era of the last decade – the statistics have not been reflected in cinematic representation.

And two things emerge from a scenario of total dominance: how did the Lions come so close to victory and what happened to the Springbok stranglehold?

Anxiety lost its stranglehold.

Pythons have a stranglehold in Florida.

What will it take to break UConn's stranglehold?

But some peripheral firms want to break the stranglehold.

Chengdu is in a stranglehold of fear.

He wants to break the Orthodox stranglehold over marriage laws.

But Stranglehold hardly has a plot.

In total, there are five days of high mountain racing in the last week and a bit, which will give ample opportunity for the climbers to challenge the time triallists and will mean the Tour's outcome is likely to remain uncertain – as was not the case last year thanks to Sir Bradley Wiggins and Sky's stranglehold on the race.

"Sky has a stranglehold, but our sole objective isn't to break that stranglehold.