| The garroted gossipmonger had included several cryptic acknowledgments in her manuscript that tantalize the wily wordsmith. |
| The chevalier was thus overpowered, garroted and captured in less time than it has taken to write these words. |
| Before he was garroted, Atahualpa begged that his remains might be preserved at Quito with those of his mother's people. |
| It also happens to be the truth, which is why I plan to have him garroted by Italian thugs. |
| On returning that evening from the theatre he is garroted and robbed of all he has with him. |
| The call of a ruttish bull elk sounds like a bugler being garroted in midblow. |
