Adam's apple
Example Sentences
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His adam's-apple, at such moments, jumped about in a longish slack wrinkled skinny neck which was like the neck of a turkey.
From The Enormous Room by Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin)
And then as if he felt it becoming of him, he frowned and his adam's-apple moved up and down with quick, spasmodic jerks.
From Stubble by Looms, George
Suddenly he became conscious that all eyes were upon him, watching each bite and every movement of the curiously large adam's-apple in his throat, which always jumped about so when he ate.
From Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George
Henty blushed from his adam's-apple to the tips of his ears, one grand and final blush.
From A Canadian Bankclerk by Buschlen, J. P.
