How to Use suffocating in a Sentence

suffocating

adjective

• The hours passed and even my sports bra and loose tank top became suffocating.
  — Meryl Davis, SELF, 30 May 2018
• To be an artist or a creator and not having been able to put an album out is very much suffocating.
  — Chuck Dauphin, Billboard, 5 June 2018
• At age 17, there are only so many ways a high school student can flee a suffocating life.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024
• Can the art of opera ever escape the suffocating grip of its magnificent past?
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
• The strength of the Midshipmen has been a suffocating defense.
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 15 Nov. 2019
• Its corals have been decimated by the suffocating clouds of sand and sediment churned up by speedboats.
  — NBC News, 31 May 2018
• Doors and windows were locked, producing a suffocating effect in the hot weather.
  — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
• With summer heat waves out in full force, even the daintiest of summer dresses can feel downright suffocating.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 1 July 2018
• So the suffocating social milieu is defused by the mature perspective of a man who has survived to tell the tale.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• The have possess a suffocating defense and an equally potent running game.
  — Scooby Axson, SI.com, 23 Oct. 2017
• On those hot summer days, a lightweight style of summer suits for men is key for that polished and comfortable (ahem, non-suffocating) look.
  — Christian Gollayan, menshealth.com, 8 Apr. 2023
• Here yet again was more, and more politically useful, proof that the closet is a toxic and suffocating place that can twist the soul.
  — Kevin Riordan, Philly.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• The Bills will lean upon their suffocating defense, looking to shut down the Steelers.
  — Joe Williams, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 12 Dec. 2019
• Temperature records fell across Europe last week as a suffocating heat wave swept up from the Sahara.
  — Fox News, 1 Aug. 2019
• While both the flare shape and leather pants are nothing new, the combo of the two looks like a breezier, less suffocating way to wear the otherwise usually stiff fabric.
  — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2023
• The state continues to be ever-present and suffocating for Cubans seeking changes beyond the safety of business.
  — Damien Cave, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2016
• The pressure will be completely suffocating and unfair.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
• Miller’s defense was so suffocating that Bondy’s attack didn’t take its first shot at the goal until over three minutes had elapsed from the first-period clock.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 11 Dec. 2019
• Europeans and tourists alike jumped into fountains, lakes, rivers, or the sea to escape a suffocating heat wave rising up from the Sahara.
  — Natasha Livingstone, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2019
• The offensive eruption was enough for Duffy, who cruised through four innings before faltering in the suffocating heat.
  — Rustin Dodd, kansascity, 20 July 2017
• The strategy against Joshua, Robles and Ruiz said, will be to cut off the ring and be as suffocating as possible.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2019
• For him as for most playwrights, the conjoint themes of society and self — twined in an embrace that is intimate yet suffocating — are the basis of all great theater.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2018
• The Gamecocks had reeled off three consecutive 11-win seasons thanks in large part to a suffocating defense.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 17 July 2017
• Whether its being crushed by a black hole, set alight on the surface of some blood boiling planet, or just simply suffocating/freezing to death, space isn't a human-friendly place.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 21 Mar. 2017
• For Perrie Edwards, the studio can be both a sanctuary and a suffocating cocoon.
  — Sophie Williams, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025
• And, when the person becomes trapped, getting them out alive is a race against time and the engineering of a rapidly suffocating environment.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
• The idea of sweating glasses of brown liquor on a Sunday afternoon while wrapped in a blanket of heat and humidity seems suffocating.
  — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 17 July 2019
• The Badgers are grinding out wins with a suffocating defense and power run game that could propel them to a Big Ten title.
  — Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Oct. 2019
• And sparked by batters going for the fences to beat suffocating shifts, strikeouts set a record for the 12th year in a row and outnumbered hits for the second straight season.
  — Ronald Blum, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2019
• Suddenly, the Capitals are a suffocating defensive team that clogs the middle of the ice and makes even the fastest of opponents look slow.
  — Stephen Whyno, baltimoresun.com, 3 June 2018