Examples of 'tried to smother' in a sentence

Meaning of "tried to smother"

tried to smother: to prevent something from developing or becoming successful by suppressing it or suffocating it. This phrase is commonly used in situations where someone attempts to silence or conceal a particular idea, emotion, or action

How to use "tried to smother" in a sentence

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tried to smother
Your wife tried to smother your son.
The man grabbed a pillow from the couch and tried to smother her.
You tried to smother your mother with a pillow.
Tell them how you tried to smother me.
She tried to smother me with a pillow.
Granny told me that my mother tried to smother me when I was a baby.
Brad tried to smother me with a pillow.
Or perhaps guilt for all the times I tried to smother you in your sleep.
She tried to smother a passenger and used an inhaler.
A Vatican statement says a Jesuit priest initially tried to smother the flames with a jacket.
I tried to smother you in your sleep.
All that was alive, you tried to smother.
They tried to smother him.
Everything that was alive, you tried to smother.
Angel tried to smother a friend.

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It was a nightmare . They tried to smother him.
He tried to smother me with a pillow.
It set his hair on fire ; he tried to smother the flames with his jacket.
He tried to smother that with a trampoline but that burned too.
Police, Tennessee mother tried to smother son in hospital.
Angel tried to smother a friend . We are making progress.
Angela was almost killed by Charley St. James, who tried to smother her with a pillow.
She tried to smother me.
Tell ' em how уou tried to smother me.
Instead, he tried to smother his rancor and disappointment in alcohol.
Did not we, guy? It was a nightmare . They tried to smother him.
I know that Daisy tried to smother her little brother when he was a newborn.
Tell "em how you tried to smother me.
She tried to smother me with a pillow . Call Yev Kassem to the stand.
No. That somebody tried to smother her.
Angel tried to smother a friend . We ' re making progress.
One night, when I was ten, he tried to smother me with a Hello Kitty duvet.
He tried to smother me with a pillow. Then why are you still alive?
No, it 's true! She tried to smother a passenger and used an inhaler.
She tried to smother a passenger and used an inhaler . Oh, my god, what have I done?
Your wife tried to smother your son . Mr. Mason, I was there.
You tried to smother your mother with a pillow . - What?
Brad tried to smother me with a pillow . Oh, no.

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