lump

I nod, ignoring the lump in my throat.

A lump in her heart that she had not even known was there began to melt, and the water flowed, mostly from her eyes.

But after going through the stack twice, it was clear that there was nothing from the Long-Lost Lumleys, and Penelope had to swallow hard to make the lump in her throat go away.

“But . . .” A lump had formed in Michael’s throat at some point in the last three seconds, and he hadn’t even noticed it.

Just last month a massive stinking lump of wet wipes, fat and oil was removed from a west London sewer.