choked by emotion

So overwhelmed with an emotion, either positive or negative, as to be unable to speak clearly or at all. She was choked by emotion when she stepped up to speak at her mother's funeral.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Loredana	-	Italian, Romanian
Megumi	me-goo-mee	Japanese
Svante	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Agnesa	-	Slovak
Reinaldo	-	Portuguese, Spanish
Ptah	PTAH, PTAHKH	Egyptian Mythology