They are supposed to contain a fire by smothering it.

He pressed it upwards against the thing that was smothering him, and pulled the trigger.

Even Rosemary had some difficulty in smothering a cry.

Instead, oil fires must be extinguished via fire extinguisher or by smothering.

Skye, at her most demure, wasn't entirely successful in smothering these attributes.

Smothering the garlic with oil provides an oxygen-free environment that encourages the spores to grow.

They also do not pose the risk of attempting copulation (hence smothering) or chasing the smaller livestock.

He could lay on the kindling without smothering the first flame, and add split logs until there was a hearty blaze.

In a normal situation, smothering requires at least partial obstruction of both the nasal cavities and the mouth to lead to asphyxia.

Smothering can be either partial or complete, where partial indicates that the person being smothered is able to inhale some air, although less than required.

As a single mom, Nora tries to stay as close to her daughter's life as possible, without smothering her creativity and spirit.

As the director of the school, Marie Rucki, suggests, "We are not about smothering young minds with commercial manufacturing.

As it was, my mind was in danger of smothering from the memory of my first wretched awakening into this changed life.

Servadac observed the supercilious look, and half rose to his feet, but, smothering his resentment, took his seat again without speaking.

'The Dallas Observer's cover showed a man smothering a woman with chloroform, a reference to a rape that occurred in the apartment complex.

To keep seedlings from smothering one another, transplant out of the starter pot as soon as they have one pair of true leaves.

He also admits to trying violence himself, once nearly smothering his baby brother, once, in the throes of a divorce, beating up his first wife's lover.

Instead, with one hand he pulled her face down into his own, nearly smothering her, while he tumbled up her skirts with his free hand.

Luongo preserved the tie by smothering Richards' close-in attempt and blocking Williams' tip attempt with 4 minutes left in regulation.

The Mark of Those That Inhere Within the Smothering Shadows were carved into their foreheads.

Herbert Joseph Thomas (posthumous Medal of Honor for smothering a grenade in the Solomons)

The image of the Lipul shooting through an access panel and smothering the helpless Elaysian was troubling, and Picard couldn't help but ask, "Why?"

While the self-proclaimed non-humanists in the academy have given movies academic respectability by smothering them with theory, the humanists have "legitimized" them under the banner of literature.

At her house, Buffy calmly acknowledges that death is her gift, before going to Dawn's room and smothering the young girl with a pillow, much to Willow's horror.

In 1932, smothering the notion of artistic freedom, Stalin banned informal groups or movements of artists and required everyone to join the Communist-run Union of Artists.

And if he smothered himself in the process, so what?

"His mother should have smothered him as a child," she said.

It was as if something or someone were trying to smother her.

The rain smothered all other sound for a space of minutes.

The only way we can control the fire is to smother it.

They would take care of the child, smothering it with love and attention.

At times, she seemed smothered by the number of her charges, too.

He smothered a smile as his eyes took in her face.

She smothered me much longer this time, until I began to pass out.

They either say nothing, or attempt to smother you in words.

For the first time in her life, Bet was smothered by love and attention.

He could use the complex House rules to smother the bill.

The horror of the situation smothered him all over again.

Another smile tried to break through and died young, smothered by fat.

Every passing moment made him feel as if he was smothering.

He went down, fighting, to be smothered within the next half minute.

A. It sounds as if you might be smothering them more than they can stand.

I smothered them each with a pillow because I'm not a good mother.

Maybe that was it; they'd been spending too much time together, and she felt smothered.

But smothered cries from those about the fire made him turn his head.

His mouth opened and sound started to come out, but I smothered it with one hand.

The only thing was to smother the matter of the car with something more immediate.

In the next instant, a second hand smothered her mouth.

Without their help, we and everything else would be smothered in biomass.

With that news, she imagined her friend smothering in the water.