Adam's apple

Example Sentences

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He was a tall, skinny guy with a long neck and a big adam’s apple and a hawkish nose, and he looked like he’d spent a lot of time in the sun during his life.

From Salon • May 28, 2017

Henry Harrington's sharp adam's apple bobbed twice and the camera was in his stomach.

From Time Magazine Archive

Matthew picked up the entire can, turned it upside down and drained the juice violently, his adam’s apple straining and pulsing like a metronome.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

But he did glance once at the Toyman, who was sitting, looking very uncomfortable, in a boiled shirt and a stiff collar that almost choked his adam's apple.

From Half-Past Seven Stories by Anderson, Robert Gordon

But when he tried to plunge toward it he was halted by an arm whose sharp-faceted jeweled adornments cut his adam's apple.

From The Ambassador by Merwin, Sam