How to Use throat in a Sentence
- He grabbed her by the throat.
- His shirt was open at the throat.
- He held a knife to her throat.
- My throat was dry so I took a sip of water.
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His hand wrapped around her throat.
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Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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That was a punch to the throat.
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Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2026
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The fist in the throat is crazy.
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Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
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So, who will cut whose throat first?
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Christopher Kuhagen,
jsonline.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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My own words too are stuck in my throat.
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Sayantani Dasgupta
february 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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My heart was in my throat the whole time.
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Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Jan. 2026
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His throat was slit and his skull was crushed.
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Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
7 Oct. 2025
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Tears have been shed, throats have been screamed hoarse.
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Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
10 Mar. 2026
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My throat hit my butt and my butt hit the floor.
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Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Skull's throat was slashed three times from ear to ear.
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Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
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He had been tied to a tree and his throat slashed.
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Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
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First, a curved guide sits at the back of the throat.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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His throat was slit and he was bashed over the head.
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Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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The dude found dead in the ranch with his throat slit.
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Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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It was stuck in his throat for about an hour and a half.
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Mekishana Pierre Published,
EW.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Ning On locked these thoughts tight in her throat.
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Literary Hub,
9 Feb. 2026
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The signs go well beyond a dry throat.
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Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2026
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My throat was raw from the breathing tube.
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Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
4 June 2026
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The sound of a drink slipping down her throat.
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Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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The scarcity of hours caught her by the throat.
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Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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My throat has never hurt as much as this round.
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Lisa Gutierrez
updated January 8,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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Her arms and throat were starting to cramp.
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Hazlitt,
8 Oct. 2025
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Doing eight shows a week is a lot on the throat.
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Keaton Bell,
Vogue,
11 Oct. 2025
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Scans of horse throats offered more clues.
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Liz Neporent,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
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While shooting it, your heart was in your throat.
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Mark Hughes,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
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Blisters burst across his throat.
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Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
21 Oct. 2025
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Where death enters white armed, white throated, Where the body drops like lightning on rain-moist ground.
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Patricia Spears Jones,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2020
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Trump, meanwhile, has hardly been full-throated in his support for Guaidó.
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Ishaan Tharoor,
Washington Post,
25 Feb. 2020
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Beyond the top executive suites of the biggest banks, support for cuts can be even more full-throated.
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Tory Newmyer,
Washington Post,
30 Aug. 2017
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An audience of 900 Brits sang along, full throated and word perfect.
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John Lithgow,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2018
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Olbermann's warnings about Bush were among the most full-throated, certainly, but there was plenty of this to go around.
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Aaron Blake,
Washington Post,
4 Nov. 2017
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In 2016, Dion lost her husband René Angélil to throat cancer at 73.
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Gillian Telling,
PEOPLE,
27 Nov. 2025
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Not against Houston — the Cougars still ran the ball down the Owls’ throats a number of times, finding driving lanes too easily.
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Mike Jensen,
Philly.com,
20 Feb. 2018
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The actor Val Kilmer, who lost his voice to throat cancer in 2015, used an AI tool to re-create it.
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Will Oremus,
Washington Post,
12 Mar. 2023
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Anyone infected is at risk of experiencing dehydration, dry mouth and throat and feeling dizzy.
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Dejanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
19 Nov. 2025
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Mongolian culture is integrated into every aspect of the hotel from plush wool rugs to throat singing performances at the on-site theatre.
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Mae Hamilton,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
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The party’s desire for Scotland to remain in the EU, in line with the vote of 62% of Scots last year, has been full-throated.
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The Economist,
14 Oct. 2017
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What’s most memorable about the novel, however, is the unadulterated, feminist voice, rarely found so full-throated in mainstream novels.
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Anita Felicelli,
San Francisco Chronicle,
21 Mar. 2018
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His head bleeding, his eyes burning, his mouth and throat raw from salt water, the future 41st President of the United States was alone.
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Chloe Foussianes,
Town & Country,
5 Dec. 2018
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Outside analysts say the 51-year-old state senator faces a difficult choice about how full-throated a campaign to wage against the popular, 84-year-old incumbent.
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Sarah D. Wire,
latimes.com,
15 June 2018
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Even healthy individuals may experience symptoms such as coughing and throat irritation with prolonged exposure.
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Hannah Parry
amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
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The Ducks put boot to throat with a 4-3 overtime Game 4 win at Honda Center on Sunday evening, taking a 3-1 lead in the seesaw best-of-seven series against the two-time defending conference champs.
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Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
27 Apr. 2026
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