How to Use throttle in a Sentence

throttle

1 of 2 verb

• I was so angry at what he was saying that I could have throttled him!
• Then the Heat throttled the Celtics at the start, roaring to a 3-0 series lead.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
• Snug through the thighs, throttled at the knees, close-cut at the calves, on intimate terms with the ankles.
  — Jonah Weiner, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
• Giving Galaxy S22 owners the choice to throttle apps is the right thing to do.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 4 Mar. 2022
• Each drone is required to throttle, pitch, roll, yaw, and flip in each event.
  — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2022
• Or the kind of SoC that Samsung can throttle and nobody will care.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 17 Mar. 2022
• Neatness will kill a novel — throttle it and slowly snuff the life out of it.
  — Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
• But after a few minutes, the Flip pulled way back, while the Fold didn't throttle nearly as hard.
  — Sascha Segan, PCMAG, 11 Aug. 2022
• Once the cap is exceeded, the company can throttle speeds to 1Mbps.
  — PCMAG, 4 Nov. 2022
• That means that the company won’t throttle your speeds based on your usage.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 21 Aug. 2021
• How could a team that had to win their final three games just to get into the playoffs throttle a team that hadn't lost at home all year?
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024
• If Chicago’s front seven was able to throttle the Vikings offensive line, what will the Rams do to that unit?
  — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
• As the four huge engines began to throttle up for takeoff, many of the men hanging on dropped away and ran alongside the aircraft.
  — Gerry Shih, Niha Masih, Dan Lamothe, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2021
• The Tigers were rude hosts, throttling the Wildcats, 89-75, at Mizzou Arena.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 9 Jan. 2024
• Our rainy day fund is still fully throttle at $3-plus billion ...
  — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 21 May 2021
• Even good teams will sometimes come up with a stinker and lose to inferior clubs that should throttle.
  — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2022
• However, the phone will still throttle apps when needed.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 14 Mar. 2022
• As a result, Meta said Russia had begun to throttle its services in the country.
  — Musadiq Bidar, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2022
• Not to mention the fact that Samsung phones were revealed to secretly throttle app speeds.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 23 Mar. 2022
• A few months later, the Patriots would throttle the Bills by the same score on their way to winning their second Super Bowl.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022
• One of its main tools to throttle inflation is raising the federal funds rate, which is the rate banks charge each other for overnight loans.
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 25 July 2022
• Houston was throttled Friday night by Miami in the Sweet 16.
  — Mike Rodak | [e-mail], al, 25 Mar. 2023
• His inability to stay in front of his man might be the biggest issue with Kerr throttling up his minutes.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 May 2023
• Bandwidth is throttled after 20GB of use each month, though, which may or may not be a dealbreaker for some buyers.
  — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 1 Mar. 2023
• And really, is there anyone over age 5 who can't identify with the urge to throttle Elmo?
  — TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
• Thor, which owns brands such as Airstream and Jayco, throttled production of its RVs in an effort to match sagging demand and keep costs in check.
  — Will Feuer, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2023
• Such higher asset prices, though, might then fuel more spending just when the Fed wants to cool things down to throttle inflation.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2022
• And Nick Saban tends to throttle back late against outmatched opponents.
  — Christopher Smith, al, 20 Sep. 2021
• Apple’s been under a lot of pressure to provide users with more data since it was caught throttling speeds on older iPhones due to battery issues.
  — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 21 Feb. 2024
• The main engine will once again play a critical role, dropping Odysseus out of orbit and throttling down as required to ensure a gentle touchdown at a vertical velocity of about 2.2 mph.
  — William Harwood, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2024

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throttle

2 of 2 noun

• When you press a car's accelerator, it opens the throttle, and the car goes faster.
• On the right side are the throttle and the gear shifter.
  — Christian De Looper, BGR, 20 Sep. 2022
• Plus, with the old remnants out of the way, new growth can come in full throttle.
  — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2023
• The throttle cable was a length of cord for a Venetian blind.
  — Chuck Wilcoxen, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2023
• Push forward on a lever to adjust the throttle and steer with a small wheel at the helm.
  — WIRED, 14 Mar. 2023
• Part-throttle shifts are smooth, and the ride is quiet and composed.
  — Don Schroeder, Car and Driver, 3 Jan. 2023
• The team flew along at full throttle for almost all of the first couple of hours.
  — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2023
• And, of course, there’s an up-and-down quickshifter for clutch-less, full-throttle gear changes.
  — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2022
• The twin throttle levers in the console were pulled all the way into the off position.
  — New York Times, 14 Oct. 2022
• The thriller starts out at a full throttle and never takes its foot off the pedal.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022
• The bear then spins and runs away, while the rider with the camera twists the throttle a few more times for good measure.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
• On the right is the shifter, throttle, and headlight auto on-off button.
  — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2023
• Start the machine and give it enough throttle to turn the track slowly to see if there are any wobbles.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2022
• In fact, thoughtful use of the clutch, shifter, and throttle are required even for relaxed starts.
  — Arthur St. Antoine, Car and Driver, 17 July 2023
• Next, advance the throttle forward to the choke position, and lastly, turn the key.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2023
• The large crowd eagerly watched as the Professor opened the throttle.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2022
• As with many sustainable brands, there isn’t a plan for wild, full-throttle growth.
  — Véronique Hyland, ELLE, 13 Dec. 2022
• At this point, the driver released the brakes and applied 74% of the vehicle's throttle.
  — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 11 Oct. 2022
• The barely-there dress would have been eye-catching on its own, but Ora upped the ante with a full-throttle makeup look.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2022
• While the throttle pedal loves to shout, the steering wheel is always muted.
  — Daniel Golson, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2023
• Turning down the dirt runway, Zdarsky opened up the throttle, and with a fierce whine, the Skyhawk surged forward, streaking across the desert.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
• The sound does remain in the background, though, as the engine only musters 73 decibels of noise at full throttle.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 27 Apr. 2022
• Once activated, press the brake pedal, pin the throttle, and release the brake for take off.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 6 July 2023
• The solution is to wait to go full throttle, though waiting is the enemy of lap times.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 7 Feb. 2023
• Southgate, who’d warned his men that the United States would come at full-throttle, wasn’t surprised.
  — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022
• On the Cafe Cruiser, the throttle exists and cuts out at 20 mph, but the pedal assist doesn't cut out until 28 mph.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2022
• The pilots squared the Boeing 777 with the runway, hit the throttle, accelerated down the airstrip and took off.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
• As long as the tarmac doesn’t twist too hard, the Benz’s path remains controllable with a firm grasp of the wheel and a cautious command of the throttle.
  — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
• Jason, 36, who plays for the Philadelphia Eagles, went full throttle for his look, wearing Chiefs overalls, while his wife, Kylie, 31, was more subtle.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 11 Feb. 2024
• The floor-hinging pedals don’t travel quite as far as a 964 when new, allowing for more precise modulation of the clutch, brake, and throttle while up and downshifting.
  — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024