(n.) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column.
(n.) Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces.
(n.) A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.
(n.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
(n.) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
(n.) That end of a gaff which is next the mast.
(n.) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
(n.) The inside of a timber knee.
(n.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
(v. t.) To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats.
(v. t.) To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending.
Example Sentences:
(1) A throat swab from one patient grew group A, beta haemolytic streptococci, and in each case unequivocal evidence of seroreaction to streptococcal antigens was present.
(2) During the couple's 30-year marriage she had twice reported him to the police for grabbing her by the throat, before they divorced in 2005.
(3) Epstein-Barr Virus was found in throat, lungs and blood, whereas the specific antibodies production was delayed.
(4) A 27-year-old lady presented with history of discomfort in the throat and difficulty in swallowing for two weeks.
(5) The tinsel coiled around a jug of squash and bauble in the strip lighting made a golf-ball size knot of guilt burn in my throat.
(6) S. epidermidis was isolated from the throat in a very small percentage of all the people examined.
(7) Most infections have flu-like symptoms including fever, coughing, sore throat, runny nose, and aches and pains.
(8) The results of numerous microbiological investigations of sputa, nose and throat swabs before and during the long-term study are interpreted under certain aspects and questioning.
(9) A 50-year-old woman with a 27-year history of ankylosing spondylitis developed cricoarytenoid joint arthritis that was indicated by hoarseness, sore throat, and vocal cord fixation.
(10) Fifty-nine infants (45%) had at least one culture site positive for U. urealyticum (eye, 4%; nasopharynx 24%; throat, 16%; vagina, 53%; and rectum, 9%).
(11) Our semiquantitative methods for the culture of H. influenzae type b, consisting of inoculation of 0.001 ml of throat swab fluid on antiserum agar plates and division of the results into three grades of intensity, showed agreement as to intensity of colonization in over 80% of repeat throat cultures.
(12) It may be feasible to use the direct fluorometric test in a diagnostic laboratory as described or possibly to adapt it for automatic processing of throat swab cultures.
(13) Since 8 of 18 patients with streptococcal throat infection had normal NBT test results, the NBT test apparently is of limited value in the early recognition of these infections.
(14) Two middle-aged subjects, a male and female, with spastic dysphonia (hoarseness, stammering) were treated with both frontalis and throat muscle electromyographic (EMG) biofeedback.
(15) It’s good to hear a full-throated defence of social security as a basic principle of civilisation, and a reiteration of the madness of renewing Trident; pleasing too to behold how much Burnham and Cooper have had to belatedly frame their arguments in terms of fundamental principle.
(16) For routine grouping, extracts were prepared from the first one-half-plate subculture of the initial throat culture.
(17) A lot, without it being thrust down their throats.” The app will add more stories over time, with Moore saying American narrators will be included, and ultimately translations into other languages too.
(18) One day, a man she had interviewed held a knife to her throat, holding her captive for 10 days and only releasing her when the French embassy came looking for her.
(19) The proportion of culture sore-throat patients returned to the original 55% level after an initial period of enthusiasm.
(20) These symptoms include eye, nose, and throat irritation; headache; mental fatigue; and respiratory distress.
Throaty
Definition:
(a.) Guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice.
Example Sentences:
(1) Exerting himself at high altitude has left his voice a throaty growl.
(2) Since forming in 2007 Mumford & Sons have hard-toured their way to a vast market for throaty folk that's strong on banjo and bass drum.
(3) Contrary to the throaty moans of TV pundits and the aggrieved posts clogging your social media feeds, there is a miraculous silver lining to this methodical meat grinder of a presidential election.
(4) The screaming crowds and honking cars that engulfed the city last Tuesday night, confirming Barack Obama's electoral victory, have been replaced by a drone of traffic and the throaty hum of Joe Frazier singing to himself in an anonymous hotel room.
(5) The following week, Lorde returned to her old school in Auckland, Belmont Intermediate, to judge a talent contest, and 500 pupils sang it to welcome her – a throaty child army, faintly formidable like Pink Floyd's urchins in The Wall .
(6) If you want to be really kind then the true dream laugh is one with a rich throaty timbre that comes from inside the stomach and moves up and down the scale and is mixed with noises of rich discomfort and exquisite pain before finishing either with some kind of cough or a watery-eyed thigh slap.
(7) People say, and it's true, that he doesn't smile much, but he has a throaty chuckle and the disconcerting habit of laughing when he is cross.
(8) With his throaty and tuneless voice, Sanchez was never a great singer his real talent was as a lyricist.
(9) There's a sly mischief to her, too: she looks as if she's keeping a naughty secret that she might just share with you later, an impression helped along by that famous voice – low, throaty and stretched long with southern vowels.
(10) She really did.” Maureen Lipman recalled Bellingham’s “sudden honking laughter, her craziness, her rich, throaty and slightly metallic voice, her high campery and her beautiful brown eyes.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Denise Welch said that Lynda Bellingham would be having a hoot at the ‘odd bods who loved you so dearly’.
(11) It was throaty and really rough.” A door and a curtain separated the gunman from the 30 or so people who had crowded into the cafe for the Art, Blasphemy and Freedom of Speech event, where the star speaker was to be Lars Vilks, a Swedish artist who depicted Muhammad as a dog in 2007 and whose life has been under threat ever since.
(12) "When I became finance minister they called me Okonjo-Wahala - or Trouble Woman," says the 51-year-old, with a throaty chuckle.
(13) On Wednesday evening, Ward received a throaty standing ovation from residents who over-packed the meeting hall built for a capacity of 400.
(14) It was throaty and really rough.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Danish police say they have identified the suspect behind Copenhagen shootings – video The worst terror attack in Denmark in a decade was under way, and by its conclusion early on Sunday morning it looked like an attempt to repeat last month’s attacks in Paris.