Adam's apple
Example Sentences
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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
I remember his prominent Adam’s apple as he talked about his job doing industrial painting.
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
In his lean throat the sharp-pointed Adam’s apple made a surprisingly rapid up-and-down movement, and the beer vanished.
From "1984" by George Orwell
