The engine choked to a halt The parking lights went out.

The powerful engine choked, then caught, but before the car could move I jumped out of the shadows and grabbed the open window at the driver's side.

They flowed from his fingers, touching the wires inside, and then the engine choked into a small life.

Bolan heard the engine choke.

The engine didn't even choke.

Again the engine wheezed, wheezed again, choked, and died.

It smashed to the ground, and the engine choked, nearly stalling.

The engine choked and died before the driver and the passenger alighted from the cab.

The engine choked and ground and then took hold.

In 1975, an engine choked with gulls caused a departing DC-10 to catch fire, but there were only minor injuries among the nearly 150 people on board.