How to Use intrauterine device in a Sentence

intrauterine device

noun

• An intrauterine device is a form of birth control implanted in the uterus, which some women find painful.
  — Sandra Rose Salathe, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
• Some people are scared off by accounts of the pain involved with the insertion of an intrauterine device.
  — New York Times, 10 June 2021
• But Spears said she hadn’t been allowed to remove an intrauterine device for birth control or even drive.
  — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 9 June 2022
• When Cheryl Dalton’s doctor tried to remove her intrauterine device, part of it became lodged in her uterus.
  — David Hogberg, Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2020
• Democrats said the broad language of the bill could also have been read as banning many forms of birth control including intrauterine devices and birth control pills.
  — Maria Clark, NOLA.com, 4 May 2018
• Other options include the Ella pill and the copper intrauterine device, more widely known as an IUD.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 24 June 2022
• The demand for intrauterine devices, one of the longest-acting forms of birth control, was up fivefold at Planned Parenthood of Illinois.
  — Danielle Ofri, Slate Magazine, 19 Jan. 2017
• So that includes any form of hormonal birth control including the birth control pill, the ring, hormonal intrauterine device (or IUD), the patch, and the implant.
  — Heather Viggiani, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2022
• Hormonal methods include the pill, implant, shot, ring, patch, and some intrauterine devices (IUDs).
  — Stephanie Booth, Health, 6 Apr. 2024
• Hormonal birth control, like an intrauterine device (IUD) or the pill, overrides the brain's signal to release the hormones that trigger a period.
  — Kasandra Brabaw, Health, 19 June 2024
• Notes by his colleagues show that caregivers had not tried a hormonal intrauterine device, or IUD, which can shorten periods.
  — Sarah Hurtes, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
• Also, as the number of females using birth control, such as the pill or intrauterine devices goes up, the number of people who use condoms may decrease, putting more people at risk of contracting an STI.
  — Kate Magill, Columbia Flier, 21 May 2018
• Public health advocates credit the broader use of long-acting birth control such as intrauterine devices with helping drive down these rates, though many factors are likely at play.
  — Janet Adamy, WSJ, 17 May 2018
• Democrats also pointed out the broad proposal could also be read as banning many forms of birth control including intrauterine devices and birth control pills.
  — Washington Post, 4 May 2018
• Spears had said in her June 23 speech that she was being compelled under the conservatorship to take certain medications and to use an intrauterine device for birth control against her will.
  — Andrew Dalton, chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2021
• Birth control options for women with auras include progesterone-only birth control pills, the Depo-Provera shot, and intrauterine devices.
  — Danielle Wilhour, Fortune Well, 9 Aug. 2023
• Depending on the type and your location, the actual intrauterine device can cost around $1,000 without insurance, and that doesn’t include the cost of the insertion and follow-up appointment.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 12 Mar. 2019
• Indiana’s birth control bill was getting attention some weeks ago because a popular form of birth control - intrauterine devices or IUDs - was omitted from the bill.
  — Subramaniam Vincent, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• Another alternative is an intrauterine device (IUD) to provide birth control, along with a low-dose estrogen patch, which is less potent than even a low-dose birth-control pill and is therefore thought to be safer.
  — Susan Dominus, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
• Breakthrough bleeding is common with hormonal intrauterine devices (IUDs), implants, and low-dose birth control pills.
  — Jessica Migala, Health, 11 Sep. 2023
• And long-acting contraceptives, such as intrauterine devices, or IUDs, which were developed in the early 1900s, were difficult to insert and remove and could have severe side effects.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2019
• And long-acting contraceptives, like intrauterine devices, or IUDs, which were developed in the early 1900s, were difficult to insert and remove and could have severe side effects.
  — Knvul Sheikh, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2019
• When Zhou and his girlfriend inquired about getting a vasectomy, a doctor suggested that his girlfriend wear an intrauterine device.
  — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2021
• Paragard is a copper intrauterine device (IUD) that can also be used as an emergency contraceptive.
  — Natasha Lavender, SELF, 8 Apr. 2019
• Brooke Hamel, 19, recently went to get an intrauterine device inserted by a doctor recommended by her sister.
  — Los Angeles Times, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• And millions of them use methods that contain hormones, including birth control pills, intrauterine devices (IUDs), rings, implants, injections, and patches.
  — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024
• The review included a variety of methods including birth control pills, injections and implants like the intrauterine device (IUD).
  — Alexandra Sifferlin, Time, 26 Feb. 2018
• The share using the most effective form, long-acting reversible contraception (delivered through an intrauterine device or arm implant), rose fivefold to 15 percent.
  — Jason Deparle, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
• They're also recommended prior to certain procedures, such as the insertion of an intrauterine device for birth control.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2020
• Misoprostol, which works by contracting the uterus, is also commonly used ahead of gynecologic procedures, such as the insertion of intrauterine devices for birth control, or after miscarriages, when pregnancies end on their own.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024