How to Use stranglehold in a Sentence

stranglehold

noun

• Those schools are among those that have put a near stranglehold on the top of the sport in recent years.
  — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 5 Apr. 2026
• But no one on tour can apply a stranglehold quite like Djokovic.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2020
• But that didn’t stop them from helping the team grasp a stranglehold early in the game.
  — Houston Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2020
• Suits‘ three-month stranglehold on the top of the Nielsen streaming charts has come to an end.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2023
• What’s your take on the stranglehold that IP has on the business right now?
  — Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024
• For decades, Gillette had what looked like a stranglehold on the razor market.
  — Morgan Housel, Fortune, 23 June 2017
• With a stranglehold on a series clincher, the fielding failed them.
  — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
• As the race drew to a close, Allmendinger continued his stranglehold on the field.
  — Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star, 30 July 2022
• The Chargers can take a stranglehold on the division with a win.
  — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
• The corporate world has a much more of a stranglehold on everything.
  — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
• Part of the answer lies in football’s stranglehold on our TV screens.
  — Elena Bergeron, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
• Iran can sustain a stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz.
  — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
• Volpe has done nothing to warrant a stranglehold on the position.
  — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
• Despite the setback, the Nazis maintain their stranglehold on the world.
  — Brad Chacos, PCWorld, 13 June 2017
• Anderson is a product of Stanford which has had the stranglehold on the top spot.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2022
• Last weekend, the armed gangs that have a stranglehold on Port-au-Prince burned the hotel to the ground.
  — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2025
• The Red Sox had a stranglehold on first place for 188 days this season.
  — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2017
• The reason to get a Kobo is to escape Amazon's stranglehold on e-books.
  — Louryn Strampe, Wired, 14 Oct. 2020
• It’s called a GPU, and Nvidia has a stranglehold on the market.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Jan. 2024
• The second is to open the strait by eliminating Iran’s stranglehold on it.
  — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
• At the time, OPEC had a stranglehold on the world's supply of crude.
  — Charles Riley, CNN, 16 Sep. 2019
• The Pacers will look to take a stranglehold on the series with a win and a 3-0 series lead.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
• While there's much that can unfold in the next five weeks, Villanova's stranglehold on a No.
  — Shelby Mast and Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2018
• Grant scored 21 points in the third quarter, helping Detroit take a stranglehold on the game.
  — Rahat Huq, Chron, 11 Nov. 2021
• Still, Iran's stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz remains in place.
  — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
• The regime's stranglehold on the crucial waterway has led to a spike in global energy prices.
  — Yarden Segev, NBC news, 17 Mar. 2026
• Martin seemed to grab a stranglehold of the game, leading 75-65 with about three minutes to play.
  — Robert Thomas, Dallas News, 28 Dec. 2022
• The Knicks grabbed three of the first four games of the series, putting a stranglehold on the defending champions.
  — Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
• And now the Chargers have a stranglehold on the AFC West.
  — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
• The left is backed by very powerful and radical voices that have a stranglehold on our government.
  — Raven Harrison, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026