Below you will find example sentences with "vocal cords". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Vocal Cords in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: vocal
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 22.9 words

Words in this phrase

vocal cords

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • vocal can mean: Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech. Frequent word
  • cords can mean: plural of cord Less frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

as the vocal cords are poorly 1× cure the vocal cords are muscles 1× damaged her vocal cords reducing her 1× for the vocal cords 1× from her vocal cords and throughout 1× impacts her vocal cords 1× in his vocal cords 1× males have vocal cords and make 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a fellow singer 1× as the vocal 1× brook lynn may 1× but coughing slams 1× claudette dion added 1× if it sounds 1×

Common sentence endings:

her vocal cords 2× abuse or misuse 1× also a muscle 1× amplify the sound 1× an extreme sport 1× boyfriend cody simpson 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

cord 3× nodules 3× caused 3× folds 3× muscle 3× abuse 2× laryngeal 2× damage 2× sounds 2× sound 2× surgery 2× condition 2×

Related phrases

vocal folds vocal critic vocal fold vocal cord

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around vocal:

vocal folds 20× vocal critic 10× vocal fold 7× vocal cord 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

vocal cord vladimir putin vital role vital part visually stunning visual studio

Just after it in the phrase index:

vocal critic vocal fold vocal folds voice acting voice actor voltage gain

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

vocal folds vocal critic vocal fold vocal cord

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "vocal cords" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 22.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as as the vocal cords are poorly, cure the vocal cords are muscles, cord, nodules and caused stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with vocal folds, vocal critic, vocal fold, vocal folds, vocal critic and vocal fold, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with vocal cords

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

But coughing slams the vocal cords together with force. (9 words)

Preserving the vocal cords is something of an extreme sport. (10 words)

It radiates from her vocal cords and throughout the lyrics of the songs she sings. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

If it sounds like a tone he can produce with his vocal cords, he’ll spend the next three to seven days creating a muscle memory to remember where the tone is in his throat so he can hit it on command. (42 words)

As the vocal cords are poorly developed, vocal communication is mainly restricted to three sounds - "chuff" (contact calls used by both sexes), "moan" (by females during courtship) and "bleat" (by infants under stress). (33 words)

The vocal cords of a person who speaks for an extended time suffer from tiring—that is, the process of speaking exerts a load on the vocal cords and tires the tissue. (32 words)

Example sentences (20)

Vocal Cord Nodules and Polyps Vocal nodules are caused over time by repeated abuse of the vocal cords which results in soft, swollen spots on each vocal cord.

The vocal cords of a person who speaks for an extended time suffer from tiring—that is, the process of speaking exerts a load on the vocal cords and tires the tissue.

Laryngeal nodules noncancerous, callous-like growths on the inner parts of the vocal folds (vocal cords); usually caused by vocal abuse or misuse.

Vocal cord paralysis inability of one or both vocal folds (vocal cords) to move because of damage to the brain or nerves.

As the vocal cords are poorly developed, vocal communication is mainly restricted to three sounds - "chuff" (contact calls used by both sexes), "moan" (by females during courtship) and "bleat" (by infants under stress).

Males have vocal cords and make a range of croaks, particularly in the breeding season, and in some species they also have vocal sacs to amplify the sound.

The vocal folds (vocal cords) are a vibrating valve that chops up the airflow from the lungs into audible pulses that form the laryngeal sound source.

A fellow singer-songwriter, producer, session player, and side man, Abney requires surgery on a tear in his vocal cords.

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Claudette Dion added that the rarity of the condition means there has been scant research into a cure: “The vocal cords are muscles, and the heart is also a muscle.

Preserving the vocal cords is something of an extreme sport.

Warm up your vocal cords for this one; it’s bound to be a massive, syrupy singalong.

But coughing slams the vocal cords together with force.

If it sounds like a tone he can produce with his vocal cords, he’ll spend the next three to seven days creating a muscle memory to remember where the tone is in his throat so he can hit it on command.

It radiates from her vocal cords and throughout the lyrics of the songs she sings.

It's very good for Parkinson's and keeps your mind active and is very good for the vocal cords.

She was forced to give up her business, and an infection during chemotherapy damaged her vocal cords, reducing her voice to a whisper.

The disorder, which can cause severe spasms and muscle stiffness, also impacts her vocal cords.

Brook Lynn may get some bad news about the extent of the damage to her vocal cords.

She divorced her actor husband Liam Hemsworth, had emergency surgery for Reinke’s edema — a condition caused by overuse of the vocal cords — and split from her boyfriend Cody Simpson.

The dogs were found hidden in a filthy basement, many with their vocal cords cut to restrict barking.

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