How to Use larynx in a Sentence

larynx

noun
  • Between the nose and the larynx, something is getting in the way.
    — Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Tyler had fractured his larynx, and doctors had advised him to rest his voice.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2024
  • However, even in this case, the larynx of a large baleen whale is pretty wide.
    — Kyle Hill, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2013
  • His lungs and larynx were plucked out, placed in an urn, and kept in Missolonghi.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Doctors found that the bullet missed her carotid artery and lodged behind her larynx in front of her spine.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
  • To test this, the researchers attached the three whale larynxes to pipes in the lab and blew air through them.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Your throat, or pharynx, is a tube that carries air to your windpipe and larynx (known as the voice box).
    — Laura Schober, Health, 3 July 2024
  • While both types of whales can still produce sound with their larynx, baleen whales have novel structures that do this.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2024
  • In the larynxes of most mammals, the vocal cords might get in the way of a massive flow of air.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Your vocal cords are two muscular bands that sit in your larynx, above your windpipe.
    — Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The most common types of head and neck cancer in both groups were oral cancers and cancer of the larynx.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Saylor ended up on the floor and suffered a fractured larynx.
    — Theresa Vargas, baltimoresun.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • In humans, the larynx has descended far down into the neck.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Infection in other body parts, such as the brain, spin or larynx, can lead to intense pain in that area.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Singers stretch their pitches; some voices sound partially trapped in the larynx.
    — Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2018
  • The larynx plays a large role in breathing, speaking, and swallowing.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The epiglottis, a valve in your larynx that controls airflow, closes.
    — Jenny Sweigard, Verywell Health, 1 July 2024
  • Researchers are now trying to find the locations in the brain that send faulty signals to the larynx.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The system also recognizes the parts of the brain that control the lips, jaw, tongue, and larynx.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The team discovered more of this lipid-rich cartilage in the mouse nose, larynx, and sternum.
    — Bymitch Leslie, science.org, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Lewis even handed him a sip of water to help calm a persistent cough Jones said was caused by a torn larynx.
    — Jim Vertuno and Michael Tarm, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Samsudean was found dead, her larynx crushed, in her bed at Uptown Place apartments.
    — Hal Boedeker, orlandosentinel.com, 17 July 2019
  • Hoarseness is usually a symptom of problems in the vocal folds of your larynx, aka your voice box.
    — Korin Miller, Health.com, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Vocal sounds are produced as air from the lungs pushes through the larynx (voice box) in the throat, which contains vocal cords.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 14 Sep. 2024
  • The tenor and bass get moments in the spotlight, but the two women sing their larynxes off with hardly a solo line.
    — Lawrence Toppman, charlotteobserver, 21 Sep. 2017
  • If the vocal cords don’t readily appear, pressure on the larynx can bring them into view.
    — Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020
  • With the larynx low, the tongue shifted partially into the oropharynx.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • My lungs and larynx couldn’t create the air pressure and vibrations needed to say the words floating around my mind.
    — New York Times, 25 May 2018
  • Then there's laryngopharyngeal reflux, when the stomach acid rises all the way up to the throat and larynx.
    — Korin Miller, Health.com, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Croup Croup is a viral infection that inflames the vocal cords and larynx.
    — Nicole Harris, Parents, 10 July 2023

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