How to Use throat in a Sentence

throat

1 of 2 noun

• 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.
• The friend found the toddler in the bathtub with his throat cut and called 911, the source said.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
• Her breath caught in her throat at the sight of the man who entered.
  — Jessica Leon, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2023
• Others can cause burns to the skin, eyes, throat, nose, and lungs.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2023
• In 1832, he was found in a Greek hotel room, his throat slashed.
  — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023
• The feed throat on the unit is small, which reduces the amount of meat that can be processed at a time.
  — Brad Fenson, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
• My throat was raw, and the Achilles’ tendon in my right leg started to ache.
  — Paul Tough, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
• In that case, Buzbee and Hardin were at each other's throats in the media.
  — Ryan Autullo, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
• The front of the neck—on the sides of the throat—is where the carotid arteries and jugular veins lie, Neira explained.
  — Julia Landwehr, Health, 26 Jan. 2024
• The first returnee is a shepherd whose throat has been slashed.
  — Martin Dale, Variety, 3 Dec. 2023
• Ryan had already choked on the vomit that was in his throat.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
• This man walked in, grabbed me by the back of my neck, turned me around, and rammed his nasty-ass tongue down my throat.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2023
• When Schaefer tried to go around him, the homeowner grabbed him by the throat.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
• State and police records showed that one child said she was grabbed by the throat and pushed against a tree by a staffer.
  — Wilson Criscione, Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2024
• The man made a gurgling sound in his throat and reached up with long, snake-like fingers.
  — Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 15 Mar. 2023
• Here are men who move heaven and earth to avoid a 9-to-5, and their cloistered throats say so loud and clear.
  — Melvin Backman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• But one is like the silky tartness of a lemon meringue pie and the other like chicken bones stuck in your throat.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2023
• On the finish, there’s a pleasant warmth of dissolving Red Hots on the back of your throat.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 May 2023
• Still, more studies are needed to support the throat swab.
  — Health Editorial Team, Health, 30 Oct. 2023
• Tens of thousands crying or noticing the lump in their throats.
  — Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
• Their throats have a bright red patch in the center with white-blue scales surrounding it.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
• When Trammell followed with a steal and layup to trim it to six, San Diego State fans roared at full throat.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2023
• About a year and a half ago, she was diagnosed with throat cancer.
  — Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
• The force and the rebellion was one thing, but above all else were these beautiful melodies, sung out of the throat of a dove.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2023
• One of the photos shows Ohashi with her hands around her companion’s throat.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• Smoke coated the back of their throats and clogged their nostrils with the acrid smell of melting plastic.
  — Julia Shipley, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2024
• With allergies, the skin, ears and throat become itchy and drainage is watery and clear.
  — Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 29 Feb. 2024

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throat

2 of 2 verb

• 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.
  — The Economist, 14 Oct. 2017
• Where death enters white armed, white throated, Where the body drops like lightning on rain-moist ground.
  — Patricia Spears Jones, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2020
• Not against Houston — the Cougars still ran the ball down the Owls’ throats a number of times, finding driving lanes too easily.
  — Mike Jensen, Philly.com, 20 Feb. 2018
• Republicans have so often been cast as stooges for the rich that the GOP is scared to make the full-throated case for a freer and fairer tax system.
  — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
• This week, look for white-crowned, white-throated, swamp, and Savannah sparrows.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2019
• Trump, meanwhile, has hardly been full-throated in his support for Guaidó.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2020
• Beyond the top executive suites of the biggest banks, support for cuts can be even more full-throated.
  — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2017
• His head bleeding, his eyes burning, his mouth and throat raw from salt water, the future 41st President of the United States was alone.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 5 Dec. 2018
• An audience of 900 Brits sang along, full throated and word perfect.
  — John Lithgow, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2018
• Olbermann's warnings about Bush were among the most full-throated, certainly, but there was plenty of this to go around.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2017
• Look for red-throated yellow, rather than white nectarines for cooking and baking.
  — Jill O'Connor, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Aug. 2017
• Song sparrows, house finches and white-throated sparrows sang.
  — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 7 May 2017
• One million fans gathered on the Champs-Élysées to bid adieu to their national hero, his coffin flanked by an escort of 500 full-throated Harley-Davidsons.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2017
• The decision prompted a full-throated critique from two justices.
  — S.m. | New York, The Economist, 12 Sep. 2019
• By the time the final horn sounded and the Penguins’ 2-1 series lead was official and Crosby’s name was announced as the game’s first star, there were barely enough fans left for a weak-throated boo.
  — Mike Sielski, Philly.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• The result is a crowded stage—the choreography resembles a packed aerobics class—and the biggest, richest, most full-throated sound the show's likely ever had.
  — Deanna Isaacs, Chicago Reader, 1 May 2018
• Delhiites are now spotting rare birds like gray hornbills and red-throated flycatchers.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 21 Apr. 2020
• But those whose habitats are being squeezed have waned, such as the Canada warbler, whose damp forest nesting-grounds are now drying up, and the white-throated sparrow, whose northern breeding-grounds are shrinking.
  — National Geographic, 4 Apr. 2016
• 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.
  — Sarah D. Wire, latimes.com, 15 June 2018
• But some turtles, like the Australian white-throated snapping turtle, can absorb oxygen from water through their cloaca – a backside tube that functions as a waste-excreting, breeding and egg-laying zone.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2019
• What’s most memorable about the novel, however, is the unadulterated, feminist voice, rarely found so full-throated in mainstream novels.
  — Anita Felicelli, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
• But a passionate, full-throated, furious demonstration outside the home office?
  — Jay Willis, GQ, 4 July 2017
• The dawn chorus was productive, though, providing grasshopper sparrow, scarlet tanager, summer tanager and yellow-throated vireo, to name a few.
  — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 14 May 2018
• 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.
  — The Economist, 14 Oct. 2017
• Where death enters white armed, white throated, Where the body drops like lightning on rain-moist ground.
  — Patricia Spears Jones, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2020
• Not against Houston — the Cougars still ran the ball down the Owls’ throats a number of times, finding driving lanes too easily.
  — Mike Jensen, Philly.com, 20 Feb. 2018
• Republicans have so often been cast as stooges for the rich that the GOP is scared to make the full-throated case for a freer and fairer tax system.
  — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
• This week, look for white-crowned, white-throated, swamp, and Savannah sparrows.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2019
• Trump, meanwhile, has hardly been full-throated in his support for Guaidó.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2020
• Beyond the top executive suites of the biggest banks, support for cuts can be even more full-throated.
  — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2017

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