How to pronounce “suffocating”(verb) in English

And as people were suffocating, often taking their last breath of air, they would try to climb on other people

But it's also suffocating us.

I was basically suffocating my pizza under too many toppings.

I think overwhelmed, suffocating from stuff, we're feeling stuffication.

And there was plenty of air going through it, so we weren't worried about suffocating in the house.

The line is, "I wouldn't suck your lousy dick if I was suffocating and there was oxygen in your balls."

I mean, if you write all these books about whaling and stuff, it's odd that your next choice would be to write about the snug, suffocating world