How to Use menstruation in a Sentence

menstruation

noun
  • Next up is menopause, the moment one year after the last menstruation.
    Amy Larocca, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • But to me, menstruation felt more like a time bomb, a fuse that my body re-lit every single month.
    Therese Shechter, SELF, 13 Mar. 2019
  • This is not the first time Florida schools have been in hot water over the topic of menstruation.
    Simrin Singh, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Changes in menstruation weren’t listed as a side effect of the vaccines.
    Alice Broster, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Blockers were a way of, say, keeping a 5-year-old from the trauma of early menstruation.
    Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2021
  • As with many aspects of women’s health, there is a lack of data on menstruation.
    Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 20 Dec. 2021
  • And honestly, what could be better than an ode to menstruation of the Met Gala carpet?
    Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue, 7 May 2019
  • Here's how parents can make menstruation a lot less scary for their children.
    Ellen Sturm Niz, Parents, 6 June 2023
  • The endometrium, which lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation, has also been linked to the immune system.
    Knvul Sheikh, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2022
  • Periods come with enough to stress out about: Cramps, cravings, and mood swings are just a few of the not-so-fun symptoms of your monthly menstruation.
    Christina Oehler, Health.com, 17 June 2019
  • During menstruation, the inner membrane of the uterus (known as the endometrium) is shed.
    Holly Eagleson, Parents, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The taboo nature of talking about menstruation is changing with young women, at least in the United States.
    Susan Powers, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Suspicions about tear gas and menstruation first came up more than a decade ago, during the Arab Spring protests, Jordt noted.
    Heather Murphy New York Times, Star Tribune, 3 May 2021
  • The bloc has pledged to remove all taxes on menstruation products by 2022.
    Ceylan Yeginsu, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2020
  • If pregnancy does not occur, menstruation will take place when the luteal phase ends.
    Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Research shows it’s not uncommon for women to have periods marked by three or more days of heavy flow as they near the end of the menstruation line.
    Selene Yeager, Good Housekeeping, 29 June 2021
  • The very fact of menstruation seems toappall the president.
    Emily Atkin, The New Republic, 21 May 2018
  • Some jurisdictions in the United States are moving the same way, but there’s more to be done in making menstruation fair.
    Popular Science, 24 Dec. 2020
  • It is then removed for one week to permit menstruation.
    Jane E. Brody, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Her youngest daughter and some of her classmates experienced the start of menstruation as young as age 6.
    Author: Tammy Webber, Martha Irvine, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Oct. 2019
  • The divergence in Bengal could be seen in the menstruation pavilion.
    Suhasini Raj Atul Loke, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The symptoms usually resolve around the third or fourth day of menstruation.
    Sara Twogood, Quartz, 7 Aug. 2019
  • In Iran, 48% of girls believe that menstruation is a disease, according to one study.
    Casey Quackenbush, Time, 7 Feb. 2018
  • It is replaced weekly for three weeks, followed by a week off to allow for menstruation.
    Jane E. Brody, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2018
  • To be sure, managing menstruation is but a small slice of the challenges working women face.
    Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, Marie Claire, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The work, part of a makeshift pavilion to worship the Hindu goddess Durga, was designed to break taboos in India about menstruation.
    Suhasini Raj Atul Loke, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • From menstruation to menopause, the muscular canal known as the vagina commands a lot of attention.
    Sadé Carpenter, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2017
  • What is clear, though, is that symptoms can flare before and during menstruation.
    Stephanie Watson, SELF, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Specifically, this term was coined after noticing the significant number of women in the study who envied men for being free of menstruation, pregnancy and menopause.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Underlying health conditions and hormonal disorders can affect ovulation, menstruation, and the luteal phase.
    Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 18 Sep. 2024

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