How to Use choke up in a Sentence

choke up

phrasal verb
Definition of choke upnext
  • In his postgame session with reporters Vogt got choked up talking about what this team, his players, have achieved this season.
    — Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
  • When sharing the news on CBS, the golf icon got choked up.
    — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
  • Clifton got choked up talking about James’ tweet the next day.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • With two strikes, hitters would choke up and protect the plate.
    — Zach Buchanan, New York Times, 28 July 2023
  • Calling it the best and worst day of his life, Combs choked up, took a beat, and wiped tears from his eyes.
    — Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2024
  • The gymnast noticeably choked up when she was asked about the topic.
    — Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The courtroom theatrics took an even sharper turn when Chaudhry herself choked up at the lectern.
    — Vulture, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Looking back on that night, Emily can’t help but still get a little choked up.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Hugh got very choked up and repeated a line after me, and that ended up defining the tone of that scene.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Head coach Frank Reich choked up a bit while addressing his team postgame.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Some audibly choked up at some of the more tender moments.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Suni Lee choked up in her first interview after making the team.
    — Rachel G Bowers, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
  • Even The Idol creator Sam Levinson joined the tear fest, choking up during his post-screening thank you speech.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Thinking about Aunt Dana before Tuesday’s game, he got choked up.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
  • But while viewers may be getting choked up, Ian Karmel, the show’s co-head writer, says he’s been too busy to get emotional.
    — Kturnqui, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Emotions ran high as some students and teachers got choked up speaking to council members about the impact the cuts will have on them.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2024
  • Dixon spoke briefly as well Thursday, standing over a courtroom table and choking up.
    — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Escola ended their curtain call speech with a couple more jokes, but stopped short of choking up on stage.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 12 July 2024
  • Looking at the photo now, Evan’s father, Wayland Strickland, choked up.
    — Laura Strickler, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • With only a day since his mother’s death, Isaac Newton Farris Jr. choked up a few times throughout the conference.
    — Olivia Wakim, ajc, 30 June 2023
  • Homan is known to choke up in public when speaking about victims of human traffickers or drug smugglers that he's come across.
    — Mike Levine, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
  • She gets choked up thinking about a family who asked for a bedsheet to hang up for some privacy in an overcrowded apartment.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Near the end, Springsteen nearly got choked up talking about the significance of the massive event, which would have been unimaginable a couple of decades back when Asbury Park was in very rough shape.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2024
  • This includes many of the actors, who, at the Cannes press conference on Friday, admitted to often having no idea what this movie is about, though many of them got choked up while talking about that.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 17 May 2024
  • Deaux, also a Chicago native, got choked up when introducing her friend.
    — Akiya Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • And then, upon waking, Daemon himself gets choked up as the reality of his situation starts to sink in.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 21 July 2024
  • The movie’s star, Michael Keaton, had filming abruptly shut down so Dunne could leave to be with his family, a story that Dunne still gets choked up recounting during our interview.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
  • Coaching the actors included teaching them to hold a knife properly, using a pinch grip that chokes up on the blade for better control and curling fingers on the opposite hand like a claw, with thumb in.
    — Jill Wendholt Silva, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Another said he got choked up over the film’s scenes depicting Oppenheimer’s inner turmoil.
    — Yuri Kageyama, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Advertisement Tarango chokes up on the phone when reminiscing about the sacrifices made by his mother and other elders in order to assert the tribe’s right to chart its own destiny.
    — Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024

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