How to Use estrogen in a Sentence

estrogen

noun

• When estrogen dips in menopause, the skin feels the impact.
  — Fiorella Valdesolo, Town & Country, 21 Jan. 2022
• Oral estrogen has been shown to increase risk of blood clots.
  — Nisarg Bakshi, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2023
• This is because some SARMs can convert to estrogen in the body [17].
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 July 2023
• The doctors put her on a course of blood thinners — and told her never to touch estrogen again.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2021
• Some go on the pill during menopause to try and stave off the effects of plummeting estrogen.
  — Outside Online, 12 Nov. 2021
• When my estrogen dropped, my life changed in an instant.
  — Diane Mehta, Longreads, 10 Feb. 2018
• Menopause causes a loss of estrogen, which may lead to a loss of vaginal moisture.
  — Halley Bondy, NBC News, 10 May 2021
• Alcohol can raise the amount of estrogen in the body, which may explain its link to breast cancer.
  — Nikki Crowley, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
• In a girl, hormones trigger the ovaries to make estrogen and produce and release eggs.
  — Carrie Madormo, Rn, Mph, Verywell Health, 9 July 2024
• Menopause often brings about changes in the skin due to reduced estrogen levels.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
• Leptin is produced in the fat tissue and plays a role in raising the body’s estrogen levels.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2022
• Fat cells make estrogen, which can, in turn, fuel some forms of breast cancer.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2019
• Much of this difference seems to be driven by the powers of the hormone estrogen.
  — Cara Ocobock, Scientific American, 19 Oct. 2023
• Skin changes The drop in your estrogen levels during menopause can wreak havoc on your skin.
  — Macaela MacKenzie, Glamour, 15 Mar. 2023
• This is thanks to a postmenopausal decline in estrogen.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 8 Nov. 2019
• Before menopause, most estrogen is produced in the ovaries.
  — Adele Jackson-Gibson, Good Housekeeping, 4 Sep. 2020
• This uptick is thought to be due to the protective effect of estrogen against these diseases.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024
• What happens with menses every month is that the lining of the uterus grows, due to estrogen and progesterone.
  — Katie Heaney, The Cut, 15 Feb. 2018
• In older women, the lining of the urethra may become thinned due to loss of estrogen.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 19 July 2021
• The idea here is that soy has a lot of isoflavones, which are a chemical with a structure very similar to estrogen.
  — Popular Science, 17 Feb. 2021
• Because tamoxifen acts like an estrogen in some ways, the risk of blood clots and stroke is increased.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2023
• Television’s late-night talk shows need a shot of estrogen.
  — David L. Coddoncontributor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
• Boys and girls run neck and neck, confidence-wise, up to then, but when the estrogen-testosterone waves start flooding kids’ brains, all that changes.
  — Katty Kay, Time, 20 Apr. 2018
• Anastrozole is in the class of medicines called aromatase inhibitors (AIs), which block the body from making estrogen.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Oct. 2022
• Excess weight changes hormone levels, adding more estrogen to the male body, Sparks said.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2022
• But too much estrogen over a lifetime can lead to the formation and growth of cancerous cells.
  — Nina Agrawal, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
• With a good amount of estrogen flowing, excess fat is divided up between the breasts, butt, hips, and legs.
  — Ashley Martens, Women's Health, 20 July 2023
• Once again, the loss of estrogen with menopause is implicated.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Well, 18 June 2024
• The drug helps prevent breast cancer by blocking estrogen in the breast and other tissues.
  — Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 29 Nov. 2023
• Third, alcohol alters hormone levels (including estrogen), which can play a rolein the development of breast cancer.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 9 Mar 2025