Smith sang out strongly, choosing to bark rather than to use the mildly strangulated style he had been experimenting with.

NEWYORKER: Plug and Play

He makes what he described as a "strangulated yell" as he is zapped for 1.5 seconds, and tells his officers: "That was long enough, thanks".

BBC: Richard Brunstrom as he is struck by the Taser

His tone sounded strangulated and awkward in an otherwise wild night.

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