How to Use vocal cords in a Sentence

vocal cords

plural noun
Definition of vocal cordsnext
  • The acidity helps with the throat and the vocal cords, to kind of clear them.
    — New York Times, 19 Apr. 2022
  • But not so for whistling, which doesn’t use the vocal cords.
    — Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2021
  • The show starts at 6 p.m. ET, so warm up those vocal cords.
    — CNN, 7 June 2020
  • Having to scream to reach the back of the room can do a number on your vocal cords.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 18 Mar. 2021
  • One of the big challenges of language is the need to control the vocal cords to make the full range of speech sounds.
    — Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Hill stands but 4 feet 11 and lost one of her vocal cords to cancer.
    — oregonlive, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Their arms and legs had been cut off, their eyes gouged, their tongues and vocal cords ripped out.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 30 Aug. 2021
  • With your mouth closed, the throat muscle pushes the air down past the vocal cords and into the lungs.
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 26 May 2020
  • With croup, the virus infects the vocal cords, windpipe and bronchial tubes, Piperidis said.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The breath is the power source of the voice, coming up from the lungs through the trachea to the vocal cords or vocal folds.
    — Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
  • The battery also burned the nerves of Emmett's vocal cords, the Raunchs said.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Castille says with a hint of sandpaper on the vocal cords.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 27 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • Surely, all that strain on the vocal cords must tire them out a little.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2022
  • He’s had a lot to learn, and not just about easing up on the burgers and steaming his vocal cords.
    — Michael Paulson, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2023
  • This closing of the vocal cords helps to produce a clearer voice.
    — Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
  • In the midst of all of this, Likins also had to have surgery on her spinal column and her vocal cords have suffered.
    — USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
  • She’s insured her vocal cords and legs for a cool $70 million!
    — Alex Kessler, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Doctors told him there seemed to be nothing wrong with his vocal cords.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The strain on her vocal cords marked the beginning of the end of her performing career.
    — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 10 Feb. 2022
  • That in turn loops under the aortic arch, part of the large artery carrying blood from the heart, and then travels back up the neck to the vocal cords.
    — Jeffrey M. Rodgers, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Sheinelle Jones recently had surgery for a polyp on her vocal cords.
    — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Then and now, his vocal cords sound like a pair of two-by-fours upholstered in velveteen.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2020
  • The device lifts the epiglottis, exposing the vocal cords.
    — Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Your vocal cords rapidly close up and cause the distinct hiccup sound.
    — Washington Post, 14 July 2021
  • Luckily for her vocal cords, Sweeney nailed the horror film's wild finale in the first take.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Daniel Radcliffe is warming up his vocal cords for his next movie gig.
    — Danielle Pascual, Billboard, 18 Jan. 2022
  • This maneuver lifts the epiglottis and brings the vocal cords into view.
    — Clayton Dalton, The New Yorker, 27 May 2020
  • Some high school coaches might spray spittle and strain their vocal cords in a postgame meeting.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
  • All of Rio was decked out in zany costumes, with cold beer soothing strained vocal cords and dance-weary ankles.
    — David Biller, Star Tribune, 10 Nov. 2020

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