vocal folds
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Because sound travels faster in helium, whistle frequencies shift higher when helium is used, while sounds created by vibrating vocal folds remain unchanged.
From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026
Her manner of speech is otherworldly, like an arthropod testing out human vocal folds.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025
In humans, our voices come from vibrations when air passes over structures called vocal folds in our throat.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024
The researchers, whose work wasn’t funded by the military, examined footage of the vocal folds of 14 trans women as they spoke.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 17, 2023
Because the tissue and muscle in the vocal folds can become engorged with that extra blood, he said, “it can change the ways the vocal folds themselves oscillate.”
From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2023
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