STRANGULATION in a Sentence
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Example sentences for STRANGULATION, such as:
1. If the strangulation is prolonged, which is something that can happen very quickly, death or serious injury can result.
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Meanings and Examples of STRANGULATION
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strangulation
n. (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid
n. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
Classic Sentence:
1 All were alarmed, and "rush of blood, strangulation" were the conjectures, but the doctor, when asked the cause, grimly told them it was a Negro child.
2 This spectacle of gradual strangulation made the youth writhe, and once as his friend rolled his eyes, he saw something in them that made him sink wailing to the ground.
3 This execution quieted the ill-disposed, who resolved to allow themselves to die of hunger--this death always appearing to them more slow and less sure than strangulation.
Example Sentence:
1 If the strangulation is prolonged, which is something that can happen very quickly, death or serious injury can result.