He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village.
he swallowed a fishbone and gagged.
His job suffocated him.
Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow.
The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor.
The child suffocated under the pillow.
The foul air was slowly suffocating the children.
The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating.