How to Use menstrual in a Sentence

menstrual

adjective
  • In the middle of the floor was this pad soaked with menstrual blood.
    Souvankham Thammavongsa, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Join me, but don’t confuse the veal stew pot for the menstrual blood pot.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2021
  • The menstrual pads will retail for $8 and liners for $7 in stores, and $9 and $8 at thehoneypot.co.
    Nandi Howard, Essence, 30 Nov. 2020
  • The menstrual pad dropped into the dispenser with a soft thud.
    Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 29 Mar. 2021
  • In the year 1989, Prince Charles nearly threatened his claim to the throne with the mere mention of a menstrual product.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 13 Nov. 2022
  • The pad can be used for menstrual cramps, back pain, and muscle tension all over your body.
    Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
  • In the meantime, check out these tips to help treat your heavy menstrual bleeding.
    Noel Cody, Essence, 9 Dec. 2020
  • But menstrual products are taxed as luxury goods in many states in the U.S., and that doesn’t sit right with us.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 18 Oct. 2023
  • While some commenters were proud of him, others pointed out this is just the tip of the iceberg of menstrual woes.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • The shop has donated menstrual supplies to Go with the Flow AZ.
    Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2021
  • Choose a time when the breasts will be less tender and lumpy, which is about seven to 10 days after the beginning of the menstrual flow.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 4 Feb. 2023
  • This is where menstrual blood leaves your body, and where things like tampons enter.
    Women's Health, 26 June 2023
  • And Michigan isn't the only state that has been sued over the menstrual product taxes.
    Chanel Stitt, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2020
  • But in 20 states in the US, menstrual products are taxed as luxury items.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Going back a bit, there is the shower scene where John sniffs his shirt, which he's used to mop up Libby's menstrual blood.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2021
  • That age is measured from the end of the person’s last menstrual period.
    Cayla Harris, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Sep. 2021
  • It can be used to relieve aches, menstrual camps, cold symptoms, arthritis pain, fever and more.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Friðriksdóttir was asked whether there had been a taboo about menstrual blood.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The week before 8th grade was my big leap into womanhood and the world of menstrual products.
    Olivia Bria, refinery29.com, 2 May 2023
  • The pair launched the company in 2022, with the aim to use menstrual blood in an attempt to fill healthcare’s gender data gap.
    Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Michigan isn't the only state that has been sued over the menstrual product taxes.
    Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2020
  • One fellow was able to lead a campaign to get menstrual products added to her school bathrooms.
    Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 1 Dec. 2020
  • The idea that tampons block menstrual fluid is wrong, too, Tingen said.
    Molly Stellino, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The bill defines the legal time frame as 15 weeks from the first day of a person’s last normal menstrual period.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 30 June 2022
  • The path to menstrual equity starts with talking about it.
    Refinery29 Staff, refinery29.com, 23 Oct. 2024
  • One of the Yellowjackets boils used menstrual pads alongside the pot with breakfast in it.
    Sara Stewart, CNN, 8 Jan. 2022
  • The Department of Public Health will provide menstrual products at no cost to the city of Dearborn.
    Sarah Raza, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Some former detainees say they were made to take drugs that stopped their menstrual cycles.
    BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2021
  • This calming effect may be why people associate castor oil navel pulling with better sleep, and a reliever of menstrual pain.
    Renée Onque, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Your body produces higher levels of the hormone prostaglandins during menstruation, which contributes to back pain and other period pain, like menstrual cramps.
    Wendy Wisner, Health, 19 Jan. 2025

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