How to Use condom in a Sentence

condom

noun
  • That robbery came just before the company had planned to give away thousands of free condoms.
    Sammy Nickalls, Teen Vogue, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Sometimes condoms break or maybe there's an issue with how your IUD was implanted.
    Alison Caporimo, Seventeen, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Right now, the only contraceptive options for men are condoms and vasectomies.
    Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Many other, less lame monogamous relationships grow from a desire to stop using condoms.
    Sophie Saint Thomas, GQ, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Triumph also debuted his own mech, including Trump condoms.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Normally these items are interspersed with plastic pieces, syringes, condoms, cigarette filters and cigar tips.
    Emily Bamforth, cleveland.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The supply of free condoms has become an Olympic tradition that began at the Barcelona Games in 1992.
    Tom Burrows, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
  • One of the oldest medical devices in existence, the condom was experiencing a half-century innovation drought, and use was in decline.
    Saabira Chaudhuri, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2017
  • And—get this—not only in the area where the condom has touched.
    Heather Viggiani, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2022
  • And within a day, maybe a day and a half, all the condoms were gone.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The condoms are back, but so, to the chagrin of some athletes, are the beds.
    Mark Zeigler, The Mercury News, 26 July 2024
  • The best part: Anyone who walks in the door can pick up a free condom.
    Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com, 27 May 2018
  • Who wants to pick up condoms off their lawn in the morning?
    John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 22 June 2018
  • The use of condoms increased, as did the use of birth control pills.
    Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 4 Nov. 2018
  • Walk in, locate the pile of free condoms, grab some, walk out.
    Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 26 Jan. 2018
  • The idea of threading a condom through your nose and pulling it from your mouth is not new.
    Lindsey Bever, courant.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Plenty of time to admire the jar of condoms on the front table.
    Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The smell of fresh, cheap plastic reminds him of pool rafts and condoms.
    Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
  • Some teens said an older man made a noise and showed them a condom.
    NBC News, 25 June 2021
  • It can be used as needed, much like a condom, which is a plus.
    Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The first system in use was a catheter shaped like a condom, Etlin explained.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 15 July 2024
  • How many types of female condoms are available in the US?
    Dean Peterson, Vox, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Right now, the best method of prevention is the proper use of condoms.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Lily is straight-up calling her mom to ask for condoms?
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 20 July 2023
  • The agency is not planning to ask men about condom use.
    New York Times, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The Maryland law doesn’t apply to the method of birth control that many men use: condoms.
    Michelle Andrews, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Lizzo joked that the adorable bag could, in fact, fit a lot: tampons, a flask of tequila and condoms.
    Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 24 Nov. 2019
  • The jukebox is gone, the condom machine has moved, walls were torn down to open the space and smoking is no longer allowed.
    Caroline Glenn, orlandosentinel.com, 25 June 2019
  • Smedley went there to auger the pipes and found that flushed condoms and feminine products were to blame.
    Rachel Kurzius, Anchorage Daily News, 30 May 2023
  • Once in custody, police seized a camcorder, condoms and a camera in his bag, along with two mobile phones, a laptop and other digital equipment from his home, the New York Times reported.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024

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