Throttle

//ˈθɹɒt.l̩//

"Throttle" in a Sentence (13 examples)

When she saw the marks all over the wall, she wanted to throttle the toddler.

I need to drop these useless perceptions to take full throttle over my life.

The pilot controls the engine power using the throttle.

Simple, we'll throttle all submissions.

I'll throttle him!

Experts say that when huge groups of cicadas are buzzing, the sound can be deafening — as loud as 95 to more than 100 decibels, comparable to a motorcycle at full throttle.

Ziri booked it out of those woods full throttle.

To my unpractised eye, the undulations in the track were quite imperceptible, but the engineer's hand on the throttle was never still.

Then up got Peg, and round the house gan scuttle, / In search of goods her customer to nail, / Until the Sultaun strain'd his princely throttle, / And hollow'd,—"Ma'am, that is not what I ail.["]

Nor took a punch nor given a swing, / But just soaked deady round the ring / Until their brains and bloods were foul / Enough to make their throttles howl, […]

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From the cabin came that horrible song: "Here's to the feet wot have walked the plank. ⁠Yo ho! for the dead man's throttle."

Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more freedom than if it sat in his noose, which, when he pleases to draw together with one twitch of his negative, shall throttle a whole nation, to the wish of Caligula, in one neck.

I have seen them shiver and look pale, Make periods in the midst of sentences, Throttle their practised accent in their fears.

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