choked cry
Frequency: 6.01.5 per million words
a cry that is suppressed or difficult to make due to strong emotion
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Examples (10)
- When she heard the news, she let out a choked cry of disbelief.
- He could only manage a choked cry as he hugged his long-lost brother.
- A single, choked cry escaped her lips before she collapsed in tears.
- Trapped in the dark, the child's choked cry was barely audible.
- He woke up with a choked cry from the nightmare.
- With a choked cry of frustration, he slammed his fist on the table.
- All we heard from the other room was a faint, choked cry.
- Her voice broke into a choked cry as she recounted the story.
- The victim's testimony was interrupted by a choked cry.
- He tried to speak, but only a choked cry came out.