How to Use choke out in a Sentence

choke out

verb
  • The leukemia cells choke out the other blood cells, Patt explains.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The wild lupine that species depends on was getting choked out by invasives.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • And then 20 seconds later, he’s choked out by the machine, right?
    — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Then 25 seconds later, he’s choked out by the machine.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Ajuga is resistant to drought, deer, and rabbits, and the dense foliage will choke out weeds.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
  • This dry and dusty air can choke out developing tropical storms.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 6 June 2026
  • The same clover that is beneficial to bees may also form dense patches that can choke out other plants.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Left unchecked, these invasives choke out native plants, girdle trees, and cause a host of other problems.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Over time, that pollution fed algae blooms that choked out the area’s seagrass—manatees’ main food source.
    — Lois Parshley, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
  • That fall application boosts new growth in the spring that’s greener and thicker, which helps choke out any weeds trying to emerge.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Plus, crabgrass has the potential to choke out turf grass, especially in areas where hot and dry conditions are the norm.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Suppress Weed Growth Watering into fall creates a dense lawn, and a dense lawn chokes out weeds.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Industry is where innocence goes to die, choked out in bed by various personifications of greed.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Invasive plants like giant salvinia can completely smother the shallow portions of lakes, choking out all life and blocking user access.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But the street construction choked out several existing businesses and restaurants.
    — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025
  • As the Grabber terrorizes those on the ice (and tries to choke out Finn), Gwen (in her dream state) dives into the water in search of the missing boys.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The Boys season 5 trailer provides us a first look at Collins' character getting choked out by Soldier Boy.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Many perennials that have been popular for years actually will overrun your garden, extending far into landscape beds and choking out other plantings.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Over the years, Callery pears have invaded Indiana's fields, forests and wetlands, choking out native plant species by robbing them of essential nutrients.
    — John Tufts, IndyStar, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Audiences who endured the Miramax era have been browbeaten to believe that the best picture Oscar should go to a period piece that chokes out a sob from audiences.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Across Washington and Oregon, jagged walls of blackberry brambles choke out nearly every hiking trail, highway shoulder, and vacant lot in the region.
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 June 2026
  • Langley says Axon is a monopolist abusing its market position to choke out competition.
    — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Beyond their beauty, ground cover plants offer practical benefits, including choking out weeds, preventing soil erosion, and maintaining moisture.
    — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026
  • There are hundreds of perennial and low-growing shrub groundcover plants, including short ornamental grasses that provide thick, dense cover, control erosion, and choke out weeds while enhancing the overall landscape.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Where To Stay in Martin County With a strict ban on buildings over four stories, the Treasure Coast curtails the kind of over development that can choke out some Florida beach towns.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Organized by the Eaton Canyon Nature Center Associates, volunteers have donated hundreds of hours to clear out short-pod mustard, castor bean, tree tobacco and fountain grass, which choke out native plants and serve as flashy fuel for wildfires.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026

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