choked

Saying someone "choked" is saying the coldest thing in sports, so the charge shouldn't be made easily.

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"Neat, man, neat," he warned Bertie, who gulped down a tumbler two-thirds full of the raw spirits, and coughed and choked from the angry bite of it till the tears ran down his cheeks.

THE TERRIBLE SOLOMONS 2010

The pieces fell into place, all at once, and I again choked on the dregs of my now-cold latte.

The case of the 500-mile email « Isegoria 2008

The pieces fell into place, all at once, and I again choked on the dregs of my now-cold latte.

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The word choked poor Dan, but he stumbled on, and told of the poor fellow's last charge to him, his last request to his mother.

A Sheaf of Corn Mary E. Mann

A sharp line was ploughed between his brows; his breath came in short choked gusts, he was utterly the vessel of his longing, and yet an ultimate basic consideration, lost in the pounding of his veins, still restrained him.

Java Head Joseph Hergesheimer 1917

"Neat, man, neat," he warned Bertie, who gulped down a tumbler two-thirds full of the raw spirits, and coughed and choked from the angry bite of it till the tears ran down his cheeks.

The Terrible Solomons 1911

To which he replied in choked accents which yet could not conceal the inexpressible elation of his heart:

The Filigree Ball 1903

This he whispered in choked tones as he set foot on the stairs.

The Filigree Ball 1903

Of these, the first are again choked with sand; the second are considered unsafe; and the third only is accessible to travellers.

A Thousand Miles Up the Nile 1891