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
Breasting the tape with his head tipped back and Adam’s apple protruding, he collapsed, unable to stand for at least two minutes.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2018
I watched the food slide down his throat, struggling to get past his sagging Adam’s apple, which pushed out of his neck like a wrinkled nut.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
