SMOTHER in a Sentence
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42 example sentences for SMOTHER, such as:
1. He smothered the baby with a pillow.
2. They try to smother fires as soon as possible.
3. The killer smothered the victim with a pillow.
4. Melanie smothered her with an embrace at parting.
5. And she went, smiling as she smothered his feeble protests.
2. They try to smother fires as soon as possible.
3. The killer smothered the victim with a pillow.
4. Melanie smothered her with an embrace at parting.
5. And she went, smiling as she smothered his feeble protests.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SMOTHER
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smother
n. a stifling cloud of smoke
v. deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
Classic Sentence: (38 in 3 pages)
1 She began calling for Ashley, over and over, as if in a delirium until the hideous monotony gave Scarlett a fierce desire to smother her voice with a pillow.
2 Marija, who threatened horrid murder a hundred times a day, and would weep over the injury of a fly, seized little Sebastijonas in her arms and bid fair to smother him with kisses.
3 I know I must conceal my sentiments: I must smother hope; I must remember that he cannot care much for me.
4 The subjects of which her heart had been full on leaving Kellynch, and which she had felt slighted, and been compelled to smother among the Musgroves, were now become but of secondary interest.
5 They spoke in smothered whispers, as though the night were listening.
6 However, remembering her plan, Scarlett smothered her contempt and cast such a flashing smile of greeting at him that he stopped short, his arm outheld to Suellen and goggled at Scarlett in pleased bewilderment.
7 Melanie smothered her with an embrace at parting.
8 Captain Randall and the occupants of the carriage smothered smiles at this naive explanation of rifle pits.
9 He smothered a grin, as from the corner of his eye he saw her bosom heave with silent wrath.
10 And she went, smiling as she smothered his feeble protests.
11 No sooner were her preparations made than they roused a smothered sense of resistance.
12 He fought frantically for respite for his senses, for air, as a babe being smothered attacks the deadly blankets.
13 He hastened to undo it; and, with smothered voices and heavy tread, came several men, bringing a body, wrapped in a cloak, and lying on a shutter.
14 To the gang, however, she was known; for there was much looking and turning of heads, and a smothered yet apparent exultation among the miserable, ragged, half-starved creatures by whom she was surrounded.
15 Tom was weeping, also, and occasionally uttering a smothered ejaculation.
Example Sentence:
1 They try to smother fires as soon as possible.
2 He smothered the baby with a pillow.
3 The killer smothered the victim with a pillow.
4 Rochester enforce this concealment? His guest had been outraged, his own life on a former occasion had been hideously plotted against; and both attempts he smothered in secrecy and sank in oblivion! Lastly, I saw Mr.