How to Use vocal cords in a Sentence

vocal cords

plural noun

• 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
• Warm up your vocal cords and get ready to belt it out with the Bellas.
  — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 21 Dec. 2017
• 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
• So take a shot or two of egg nog to warm up those vocal cords, and get ready to sing along.
  — Melissa Locker, Time, 6 Dec. 2019
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 27 Jan. 2023
• There was depth to it, as though his vocal cords had engaged.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2019
• 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
• Once a dog's vocal cords have been removed its bark is said to sound more like a hoarse cough.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 30 May 2018
• 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
• With vocal cords like a saxophone, they can be heard for more than a mile.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2018
• 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
• But their brains still send speech signals to the vocal cords and the 100-plus muscles involved in speaking.
  — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 5 Aug. 2019
• For the first 30 seconds of the track, Jessie J holds the tempo back, letting her vocal cords do all the work over a few piano keys.
  — Natalie Maher, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Nov. 2018
• 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
• The band made it through only three shows last fall after Tyler damaged his vocal cords and fractured his larynx, forcing the band off the road.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 2 Aug. 2024
• The rare neurological condition can cause stiffness in the body and limbs, as well as debilitating spasms, which also impacts Dion’s vocal cords.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024