How to Use asexual in a Sentence

asexual

adjective

• They had a completely asexual relationship.
• Plus, plenty of people have low desire, and not all of them are asexual.
  — Angela Chen, The Atlantic, 24 July 2021
• Some are asexual and multiply by spreading their spores far and wide.
  — Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 1 June 2023
• Last year, it was revealed in the Archie comic books that Jughead is asexual and Cole was pretty eager to have that aspect of the story portrayed on screen.
  — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 12 Apr. 2017
• One is transgender, one is nonbinary, one is gay and one is asexual; all have come out at different times in the past decade.
  — Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 11 June 2021
• This was an unfathomable moment for me, as a young, not openly asexual woman.
  — Allie Daisy King, refinery29.com, 15 Apr. 2024
• Read on to learn which animals have mastered the art of asexual reproduction.
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
• The figure that emerges is not the vaguely asexual character Pessoa has long been thought to be, but quite clearly a gay man who never felt free to live out his desires, except in writing.
  — Damion Searls, The New Republic, 14 Sep. 2021
• That's a weird question because first of all, there have always been people who are polygamous, and there have always been people who were celibate or asexual.
  — Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 23 Aug. 2023
• Understanding his identity and breaking through the idea of Warhol as an asexual robot was my passion for telling this story.
  — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 9 Mar. 2022
• Beginning in her 20s, Hilton had started to think of herself, privately, as asexual.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Feb. 2023
• An asexual American lizard is a hybrid of two related species.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2010
• In the past decade, scientists have identified asexual reproduction in a number of new species.
  — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2023
• This is a form of asexual reproduction where the original worm grows a second worm attached to its tail, Human Centipede-style, and eventually the new worm splits off.
  — Annalee Newitz, Ars Technica, 13 June 2017
• But that is not the case, and the aquarium is now suggesting parthenogenesis as the reason for her pregnancy, or a form of asexual reproduction.
  — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
• My husband has come to identify as asexual, an important place on his journey of self-knowing and discovery.
  — Dr. Jenn Jackson, Essence, 30 Nov. 2022
• According to Medium, the asexual flag was created in 2010 to help create awareness to the community.
  — Kori Williams, Seventeen, 23 Mar. 2023
• There are tons of resources available to graysexual people and those in the asexual community.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 4 Oct. 2022
• In the case of Charlotte, then, her pregnancy can most likely be explained by parthenogenesis, a type of asexual reproduction akin to cloning that’s performed by some fish, reptiles and birds.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
• Isaac didn’t formally come out as asexual as the season ended, but his new book seemed to signify a better understanding of his own identity.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2023
• The asexual community has had to reimagine love and relationships to fit its needs; this wisdom could help everyone, asexual or not, Jay says.
  — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2023
• The asexual community has had to reimagine love and relationships to fit its needs; this wisdom could help everyone, asexual or not, Jay says.
  — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
• In Wright’s play, a naive but well-meaning scientist stumbles across a new kind of grass seed which needs no pesticides, almost no mowing, and is capable of asexual reproduction.
  — Brendan Kiley, The Seattle Times, 13 July 2017
• Whether a relationship with someone who is asexual will work or not for a particular couple is deeply personal.
  — Annie Lane, cleveland, 26 Dec. 2022
• The graphic novel is a memoir by Maia Kobabe about growing up asexual and nonbinary.
  — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2022
• Instead, scientists are growing the fungus using asexual reproduction — not unlike planting a cutting from a flower to clone it, rather than a seed.
  — Josh Lederman, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024
• Still, there's plenty that scientists don't know about asexual animals.
  — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2023
• Others lamented the lack of categories for people with intersex traits or who are asexual or pansexual.
  — Mike Schneider, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• One guess was one of the five sharks in her tank, while another was through parthenogenesis, a rare method of asexual reproduction in which a female can produce an embryo without fertilizing an egg with sperm.
  — Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2024
• Each one contained a line specifying that someone who identifies as asexual should not be given the diagnosis.
  — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024