The words tore at Kirk's throat, but the doctor listened impassively.

I swallowed, forcing them down, but they tore at my throat.

Knives tore at her throat with every breath she took.

Sobs tearing at an innocent's throat drew him back to himself.

A scream tore at his throat, but came out little more than a hiss.

Tearing at his own throat for the air that would not pass, he fell over, dead.

"I don't know," he said, the words tearing at his throat like poison.

Something tore at her throat when she saw him walk to the exit without so much as a backward look.

Another to have them tearing at your own throat.

She threw me to the ground, and I felt her fangs tear at my throat.