Adam's apple
Example Sentences
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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
The hyoid is a bone near the Adam’s apple in a man.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2019
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
A medical examiner who performed the autopsy determined that Mr. Epstein had a broken hyoid bone, which is near the Adam’s apple, the person familiar with the report said.
From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2019
It was the nervous mustache that did not belong to his face, the way he jerked his shoulder, the Adam’s apple on his thin neck, the bagginess of his trousers.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
