How to Use asphyxiation in a Sentence

asphyxiation

noun
  • The cause of death was ruled blunt force trauma and asphyxiation due to an avalanche.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Sarin has no smell or taste, and causes death through asphyxiation.
    — Margaret Hartmann, Daily Intelligencer, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The child's death was ruled a homicide caused by asphyxiation.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 31 May 2024
  • But the coroner ruled his death was from asphyxiation due to the neck restraint.
    — Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Hicks' cause of death was asphyxiation and his manner of death was ruled a suicide.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
  • Baker has not ruled asphyxiation as a cause of Floyd’s death.
    — Amy Forliti, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Para state prison officials said some inmates died of asphyxiation and the death count could rise.
    — Fox News, 30 July 2019
  • Her autopsy revealed that she had been raped and had died of asphyxiation.
    — Michael Braithwaite, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Most living things within the radius of the blast will die of asphyxiation.
    — Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2021
  • There should not be openings that may entrap a child's head, neck, or body (this poses a risk of asphyxiation).
    — Samson McDougall, Parents, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Alexis Crawford was found dead in a park and died of asphyxiation.
    — Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2019
  • For those who escape asphyxiation, the toxin can damage the heart and nerves.
    — Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Duggan died of asphyxiation and her body was found in the trunk of a car in a Burbank parking lot.
    — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 19 Aug. 2022
  • There was also bleeding in the white part of the eye, which can sometimes be present in cases of asphyxiation.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 12 June 2020
  • The cause of death was ruled as asphyxiation and exposure, police said.
    — Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2019
  • That allows someone to breathe better and lessen the chance of asphyxiation.
    — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2022
  • An autopsy revealed she had been raped and the cause of death was asphyxiation, the statement said.
    — Mallika Kallingal, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
  • By far, the most common method of suicide was a gun, followed by hanging or asphyxiation.
    — Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Oct. 2021
  • One of the two cases led to the tragic asphyxiation death of a 10-month-old infant.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The next day, the coroner’s report confirmed that the baby had died of asphyxiation.
    — Rachel Cohen, Vox, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The baby was found on an infant lounger, which can be a risk for asphyxiation and suffocation.
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 22 June 2023
  • In one incident, a 10-month-old became caught in the strap and died from asphyxiation.
    — Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Three babies died of burns and five of asphyxiation, the emergency service said.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Her cause of death was ruled to be mechanical asphyxiation, and the manner of death was homicide.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The paint was claimed, fictionally, to have caused the beauty’s death by skin asphyxiation.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2021
  • The vast majority of the victims died of asphyxiation, choking to death on the thick clouds of noxious gas and ash.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The vast majority of the victims died of asphyxiation, choking to death on the thick clouds of noxious gas and ash.
    — Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
  • At least three of the four died of asphyxiation from strangulation; a fourth appeared to have drowned but had a ligature mark on her neck.
    — oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2020
  • An investigation found the cause of the death to be asphyxiation.
    — Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic, 26 Apr. 2022
  • However, the coroner declared his cause of death to be asphyxiation from the hood along with other factors.
    — Tasha Williams, The New Republic, 5 Sep. 2020

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