Long fingers tightened around her throat and she caught back a startled cry.

The guard rose completely off the ground, as the vine tightened around his throat.

He could feel it tightening inexorably around his throat.

But I was already choking as the noose tightened around my throat.

It felt as if a rope were tightening around his throat.

The tendril shot up his spine and tightened itself around Jake's throat.

My arm tightened around his throat and I squeezed.

Bill croaked against the pressure of a green loop that tightened around his throat.

Toby began to feel something very much like a noose tighten around his throat.

There were plenty of the other kind available, and he could feel every one of them tightening around his throat.