How to Use "asphyxiate" with Example Sentences

1. Business must adapt to this new psychology or asphyxiate .

2. Carbon dioxide in pure form can asphyxiate because it is heavier than air .

3. Until the chains nearly asphyxiate you .

4. As its rivals steadily asphyxiate , amazon is ringing up 50 percent growth in quarterly revenues , and could reach $ 50 billion in sales this year .

5. Some day an equity firm is going to come in and find all these airy spaces and plug them up for greater efficiency , and then , after a brief , bright inflation of value , the thing will turn gray , asphyxiate and die .