Sentence examples for was throttled from inspiring English sources
verb
To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
Most of the throng -- like most of Brazil -- was throttled by poverty.
As Ronaldo jumped he was throttled by James Collins, biceps round his neck.
Peruvian striker Paolo Guerrero, who scored the winner against Chelsea in the 2012 Club World Cup final, was throttled.
Protesters in Turkey and Brazil say their mobile internet access was throttled, though congestion, not censorship, may be the real culprit.
On Wednesday morning, the campaign to radically change New Hampshire's primary with ranked-choice voting was throttled in a small committee room near the state capitol.
The seaside road was throttled by traffic heading towards Dog Temple, and cars were parked for several kilometres along the coastal highway.
A corrosive mental illness that was throttling a life is no longer wreaking havoc.
But this one was throttling brave, meth-carved Michael Florida.
But lending is being throttled.
They are throttled, bombed and disembowelled.
