I am, constitutionally, anything but timid. I have been on more than one occasion in peril of my life, and have not lost my self-possession for an instant; but when the conviction first settled on my mind that the bed-top was really moving, was steadily and continuously sinking down upon me, I looked up shuddering, helpless, panic-stricken, beneath the hideous machinery for murder, which was advancing closer and closer to suffocate me where I lay.英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
Now, for the first time, I was able to move--to rise from my knees--to dress myself in my upper clothing--and to consider of how I should escape. If I betrayed by the smallest noise that the attempt to suffocate me had failed, I was certain to be murdered. Had I made any noise already? I listened intently, looking towards the door.英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
One good result was produced by my adventure, which any censorship must have approved: it cured me of ever again trying _"Rouge et Noir"_ as an amusement. The sight of a green cloth, with packs of cards and heaps of money on it, will henceforth be forever associated in my mind with the sight of a bed canopy descending to suffocate me in the silence and darkness of the night.英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
There was one awful groan, and he staggered against the door and out. There he paused, leaning against the wall to' breathe. He struck a match and lifted his foot to see where the hand had clutched him. there was blood on his heel. Then a great fear laid hold on him. A cry was suffocated in his breast by the panting of his heart. He crept back to the kitchen door and listened. Not a sound.英文原著 · 《Bob Son of Battle》
I have not slept for eleven nights. I am suffocated. I imagine every moment that I am going to die. The doctor has forbidden me to touch a pen. Julie Duprat, who is looking after me, lets me write these few lines to you. Will you not come back before I die? Is it all over between us forever? It seems to me as if I should get well if you came.英文原著 · 《Camille》
"Now, THAT'S a boy!" cried Seriosha, giving Ilinka a smack with his hand. Ilinka said nothing, but made such desperate movements with his legs to free himself that his foot suddenly kicked Seriosha in the eye: with the result that, letting go of Ilinka's leg and covering the wounded member with one hand, Seriosha hit out at him with all his might with the other one. Of course Ilinka's legs slipped down as, sinking exhausted to the floor and half-suffocated with tears, he stammered out:英文原著 · 《Childhood》
Really? They remind me of when my mother tried to suffocate me.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
There'll just be enough locks on it that you'll suffocate if you fight too hard.美剧 · 《Billions》