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The ballpark will be packed with fans who have working voice boxes.—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026 Air then rushes into your nose (or, less optimally, your mouth); past your throat, voice box, and windpipe; and into your lungs.—Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026 Instead of using lips like humans do, horses create a whistle inside their larynx or voice box, At the same time, the vocal cords are producing the deeper sound.—Kate Perez, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026 Air vibrates the tissues in the voice box while an area just above contracts, leaving a small opening for the whistle to escape.—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for voice box