He tried to call out, but the words were choked in his throat.

I started to smile, then to laugh, but it choked in my throat.

The words choked in his throat, though they were true.

Something choked in her throat and she could not speak.

She tried to call him, but the storm choked every sound in her very throat.

The breath choked in her throat, then seemed to stop.

The King made some sound; it was as if he tried to speak, but the words choked in his throat.

When he looked around a cry choked in his throat.

I turned; and whatever I'd meant to say choked in my throat.

"You mean it'll never work out for us," he said, the words almost choking in his throat.