What is "choke back"

Usage examples of "choke back".

His tongue unerringly found the most sensitive spot on her instep, stroking it until she had to choke back moans of pleasure.

When they splashe'd across the ford of the stream where Jill died, he had to swallow hard to choke back tears.

Having so recently been the recipient of just such a blow, Bannor might have winced in sympathy had he not been struggling to choke back an astonished shout of laughter.

This time, it was harder to choke back the bile, but he did so as he quickly reloaded, smelling for the first time, it seemed, the acrid scent of gunpowder.

Harriet's smile had an edge of daring to it, one that made Janet choke back the retort that she'd walked to the village and back again, not once but twice, simply because Harriet had forgotten something she wished purchased.

And knowing he'd drenched them for her, had to choke back a sentimental sigh.

Now it was painful to have to choke back words for fear of his amused grin.

Dimly, she heard Adrian choke back a protest as she clamped onto a sensitive portion of his anatomy.

She took the lid off, poked at the grains inside to see if they were loose enough, then had to choke back sneezes that made her eyes water and her head feel ready to explode.

But as Laura looked across the table at her wan and withered daughter, a sinking feeling filled her, and she had to choke back a wave of nausea.