"She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
"This neckband is choking the cat"
"The man choked his opponent"
"he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
"The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"
"She choked her anger"
"The leaves clog our drains in the Fall" "The water pipe is backed up"
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
"He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
"His job suffocated him"
"She died from cancer" "The children perished in the fire" "The patient went peacefully" "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
"choke a carburetor"