Adam's apple
Example Sentences
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I stared at Noah’s bobbing Adam’s apple as he suckled at his bottle.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025
Addressing a closeted lover in “Georgie Pie,” Mr. Haggerty asked: “Would your Adam’s apple flutter,/Would both knees turn to butter,/Would you sputter, would you mutter and deny?”
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022
His narrow-bridged nose, blue eyes, and the way they drooped at the corners looked right, but I remembered a more prominent Adam’s apple than was visible in the photos on television.
From Slate • Jun. 16, 2021
On Wednesday, The Washington Post reported that Epstein suffered multiple bone breaks in his neck, including the hyoid bone, which in men is near the Adam’s apple.
From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2019
Arm threw open the door to show the disheveled bartender with his Adam’s apple bobbing up and down.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
