voice box
the larynx.
Origin of voice box
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How to use voice box in a sentence
Few modern voice boxes sound as desperate as his—especially when he strains toward his upper register to plead for the return of a loved one who has disappeared.
Cry Your Heart Out: The 11 Best Breakup Albums Ever Made | Peter Allen Clark | September 17, 2021 | TimeThe bullet tore through my voice box and larynx before lodging itself in my trapezius.
15 Rounds and Still Talking: Lt. Brian Murphy’s Story of the Oak Creek Massacre | Simran Jeet Singh | August 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhile the sound is being made, there will be a slight upward pulling of the voice box, a slight tugging at the voice box.
Great Singers on the Art of Singing | James Francis CookeTwo little white bands are stretched across the inside of the voice-box.
First Book in Physiology and Hygiene | J.H. KelloggIf we eat or drink too fast the voice-box will not have time to close its little door and prevent our being choked.
First Book in Physiology and Hygiene | J.H. Kellogg
Through the opening behind this curtain the air passes down into the voice-box and then into the lungs.
First Book in Physiology and Hygiene | J.H. KelloggAlways think twice before you let anything unpleasant or unkind come out of your voice box.
The Child's Day | Woods Hutchinson
British Dictionary definitions for voice box
another word for the larynx Related adjective: laryngeal
Also called: talkbox an electronic guitar attachment with a tube into the player's mouth to modulate the sound vocally
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Scientific definitions for voice box
[ vois ]
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