Adam's Apple Q. Why do men have a more prominent Adam's apple, and what is it for?

It was the tall one with the prominent Adam's apple that broke first.

When police officers interview a witness, descriptions of a suspect are typed in, using a shorthand code to note features like "pierced left ear" or "prominent Adam's apple."

His rather prominent Adam's apple moved in sympathy with the working of his jaws.

It was a savoury made of goat's meat and bacon, and he saw Fergus prominent Adam's apple bob in the slender throat at the smell of it.

His uptilted head revealed his prominent adam's apple, bobbing as he swallowed.

He touched his rather prominent Adam's apple.

Males tend to have a much more prominent Adam's apple than females although small Adam's apples are more common in males than many people realise.