How to Use pregnant in a Sentence

pregnant

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• There was a pregnant pause before the winner was announced.
• She got pregnant soon after her marriage.
• The pregnant woman was a week and a half past her due date.
  — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2023
• The owner of the pregnant dog declined to fix her pet, too.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
• This could change, though, if Shiv turns out to be pregnant.
  — Vulture, 2 Mar. 2023
• Rumer Willis, who is also pregnant, got in on the fun too.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2023
• The 28-year-old shared that he’d just been told his girlfriend was pregnant.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Apr. 2023
• About 14 years ago, the couple sought the support of a birth doula when Jones was pregnant.
  — Tatiana Parafiniuk-Talesnick, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
• Ashley, who was 11 weeks pregnant at the time, said she was raped by a stranger in the yard of the family's home.
  — Rachel Scott, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
• Ashley Brandt and her sister-in-law were pregnant with twins at the same time.
  — Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 22 June 2023
• Some of them were pregnant, some of them much different sizes and shapes.
  — Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024
• Those who are pregnant or have given birth in the last six weeks are not allowed to give blood.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 31 Jan. 2023
• The women were pregnant at the same time again in 1958 and had their second kids within a three-week span.
  — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2023
• For someone who is obese or pregnant, perform the thrusts around the chest instead of the abdomen.
  — Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 5 June 2023
• And so, a pregnant woman with another small child out on the street in flip flops?
  — Kevin J. Beaty, NPR, 8 May 2024
• The girl is estimated to be four to five months pregnant.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2023
• Of the six cats that received the treatment, two mated with males, per the New York Times, but none became pregnant.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2023
• Her family confirmed that Mooney was two months pregnant at the time of her death.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
• Experts say the vaccine will not harm a pregnant person or the fetus.
  — Claire Wolters, Verywell Health, 17 May 2023
• Earlier in the podcast, the model had talked about getting pregnant for the third time, and how the couple felt about it.
  — Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
• After all, large swaths of women aren’t trying to or able to get pregnant.
  — Pamela Paul, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
• The Abundant Birth Project started in June 2021 and plans to make a second round of grants to pregnant mothers this fall, the response says.
  — Ronnie Cohen | Kff Health News, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• Anita Chabria: Supreme Court to pregnant women: Good luck with that.
  — Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
• Emma had to endure two more weeks in a pregnant body, one that kept growing.
  — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2024
• Lively appeared, visibly not pregnant, in a shot of the pair that evening.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 31 May 2023
• The pauses were pregnant, the eye contact was intense, and the internet lost its damn mind.
  — Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 18 Jan. 2023
• Our textile experts and pregnant testers were amazed by the softness.
  — Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 9 Jan. 2023
• The researchers looked at deaths in women who were pregnant or were within a year of giving birth.
  — Janelle Chavez, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
• In July, the pair announced via an Instagram Reel that Brittany was pregnant again.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
• Fatima was pregnant with Smiley, the creature Boyd killed.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024