throat

Example Sentences

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Near the end of the first, Betts came back to the bench coughing and sputtering, seemingly unable to clear her throat.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

I can still conjure it: the heated seat warming my back, the hot chocolate coating my throat, the cinnamon strudel giving way under my teeth.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

Coerte Voorhees had tapped Kilmer, who died of pneumonia last year after years of battling throat cancer, for "As Deep as the Grave," about the pioneering archaeologist Ann Morris, a co-discoverer of the Anasazi civilization.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

I wondered, worried, that the same thing awaited me, and when I lingered on the worry, I could feel my gut rise toward my throat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

I swallowed down the tightness in my throat.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu