How to Use menstruate in a Sentence

menstruate

verb

• She began menstruating at the age of 12.
• The rangers told me some coyotes throw menstruating women overboard so the sharks won’t track the smell of blood on the boat.
  — Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
• But for people who menstruate, the menopause transition starts in one’s 40s, not 70s, and is a normal stage of midlife.
  — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 26 Dec. 2021
• It was stated that the steroids used are just strong enough for facial hair to grow and to stop menstruating, but not build muscle.
  — Rob Tate, Houston Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2018
• People who menstruate can't simply wait for the shelves to be restocked.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 10 June 2022
• Across the world, there are 3.5 billion people who menstruate.
  — Moms Helping Moms, Forbes, 1 May 2022
• Considering that many women menstruate from the ages of about 12 to 50, that adds up.
  — Cheryl Wischhover, Vox, 18 Oct. 2018
• And most women hit menopause and stop menstruating around 51.
  — Sarah Klein, Health.com, 31 May 2018
• Those who were menstruating were told to remove their tampons, which left them bleeding on themselves and the ground.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2019
• Some cited concerns that the policy would be unfair to people who don’t menstruate or that the leave would be abused.
  — Ashifa Kassam, Time, 8 Oct. 2021
• Of those, perimenopausal women -- women who were no longer menstruating and on the verge of menopause -- were the least likely to sleep seven or more hours a night.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Sep. 2017
• Please don't ever refer to me as a person with a uterus, birthing person, or person who menstruates.
  — Gabriel Hays, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2023
• The temple doors are closed to devotees for the first three days of the festival, akin to the way menstruating women are often kept in seclusion in this region.
  — Washington Post, 11 July 2019
• More than half of all people who menstruate experience cramps a few days each month.
  — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 28 Apr. 2023
• In fact, the Talmud records that Sarah miraculously then began to menstruate once more (Rosh Hashanah 11a).
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Mar. 2022
• Of course, not all women have uteruses, and not all people who have uteruses, or who menstruate, are women.
  — Elinor Cleghorn, Time, 17 June 2021
• The custom of exiling menstruating women has persisted in parts of west Nepal though the Supreme Court banned it in 2005.
  — Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2020
• The truth is, not all women menstruate and not all people who menstruate are women.
  — Courtney Roark, Teen Vogue, 18 Oct. 2019
• Do not enter the water if bleeding from an open wound or if menstruating — a shark's ability to smell blood is acute.
  — Gary T. Mills, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
• To menstruate is to know that period symptoms are always in flux, and that even the change of season can have a dramatic impact on them.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2021
• In some villages, menstruating women are sent to cow sheds.
  — New York Times, 19 June 2018
• This makes urinating and menstruating almost impossible as a girl is forced to do so through a hole the size of a matchstick.
  — Hawa Aden Mohamed For Cnn, CNN, 5 July 2017
• This is a great time to meet up with your other menstruating friends to silently solve world hunger, or do insider trading.
  — Grace Henes, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2023
• Either way, don’t fret my sleep enthusiasts, there is good news for all who menstruate.
  — Danielle Sinay, Teen Vogue, 13 Mar. 2019
• This seemingly small change will have a big impact for players who menstruate.
  — Erin Strout, Women's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
• The disease strikes one in 10 women, as well as trans men and nonbinary people who menstruate.
  — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2021
• Side note: For those who menstruate, this model brought in period predictions to the party.
  — Talene Appleton, Men's Health, 10 June 2023
• As many as 50% to 80% of women and people who menstruate in the US use tampons each month, so this study has naturally caused concern about their safety.
  — Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 12 July 2024
• Most of the vitamins and minerals on this list are ones that certain people are at risk of becoming deficient in (e.g. iron for menstruating people or vitamin B12 for people following a vegan diet).
  — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Verywell Health, 13 Sep. 2024
• Certain groups of people are more prone to iron deficiency: women who menstruate, pregnant people, children, vegetarians and frequent blood donors.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024