stranglehold造句怎么写

The standard account tells us that the new science broke the stranglehold that the church and a few of its favoured pagan thinkers (chiefly Aristotle) had exerted for centuries on Western thought.

Without such a crisis, however, the stranglehold of manipulative media on the minds of the voters is too strong to be broken.

In addition to his blatant use of state resources for his campaign, Mr Chavez enjoys a stranglehold over the electoral authority.

Other demands included an improved system of transportation, including regulation of the railroads, which exerted a stranglehold over the farmers' ability to get their products to distant markets.