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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

In girls transitioning to boys, testosterone generally leads to permanent voice-lowering, facial hair and protrusion of the Adam’s apple, said Dr. Stephanie Roberts, a specialist at Boston Children’s Hospital’s Gender Management Service.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 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

Captain Black chuckled heartily again, and his pointed Adam’s apple jumped up and down with glee inside his scraggly neck.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller