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
The hyoid is a bone near the Adam’s apple in a man.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2019
He swallowed and 1 saw his Adam’s apple go up and then down.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
