Sentence examples for which is choking from inspiring English sources

The report suggests Castro may have died attempting auto-erotic asphyxiation, which is choking oneself for sexual arousal.

Certainly in Europe, altering exchange rates is not the answer; reviving economies will require giving up on austerity, which is choking demand and investment.

"The situation here in New York is yet another manifestation of the stranglehold that political parties have on election administration — a stranglehold which is choking our democracy," said Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York.

For example, when Dr. Melnick and his colleagues met recently with fishermen, they discussed the invasive plant hydrilla, which is choking the river leading into Laguna Limón, a once-valuable fishing resource, and the lagoon itself.

These sanctions are driving away foreign businesses from investing in Iran, which is choking off the potential of Iran's energy reserves; France's Total has already backed away from developing the lucrative South Pars gas field.

Many people, terrified of another attack, jumped into a nearby river, which is choked with sewage.

To do that, we got away from San Miguel's nine-mile waterfront, which is choked with tourists, and headed a couple of miles west into the commercial district.

He scattered white rose petals near the entryway of his sixth-floor apartment, which is choked with chandeliers, beaded lamps, red walls and gilt-edged mirrors and feels like a speakeasy crossed with an opium den.

This, in turn, is boosting the growth of algae which are choking many reefs to death.

But they can't, because the West Bank Jewish settlements also have to be protected -- hence the fences and checkpoints all over the place, which are choking commerce and creating cages that will become factories of despair.

And so the moptopped logs of sinew and id that make up Emblem3 — Simon Cowell likened them to "three excited dogs" — find themselves with a major-label deal, and a pre-made audience, which was choking the front of the room even before the concert began, leading someone to come out and announce, "We've had to remove people from the front," in a vain effort to chill the crowd.