How to Use vulva in a Sentence

vulva

noun
  • In the YouTube video, the women opened up about the pigment of their vulva.
    Julia Naftulin, Health.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • One of the main goals of this project is to normalize and de-shame the vulva.
    Arielle Egozi, Teen Vogue, 20 Sep. 2017
  • No part, from your cervix to your vulva, should itch, hurt, or burn.
    Anthea Levi, Health.com, 17 Nov. 2019
  • Chances are a bump on your labia (the lips) or vulva (the skin around them) is just a pimple or an ingrown hair.
    Amber Madison, Seventeen, 30 May 2017
  • Noticing a red bump on your vulva or labia might send up some red flags.
    Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 23 May 2018
  • Cold compresses or ice packs to the vulva can ease the itching too, Dr. Dweck says.
    Sarah Bradley, Women's Health, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The curved head can cup your breasts or cover your entire vulva.
    Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Doctors have also found the skin cancer melanoma on the vulva, says Dweck.
    Zahra Barnes, SELF, 2 July 2019
  • Kel cannot take a picture with you with your vulva puppet.
    Dan Weiss, Billboard, 14 July 2017
  • As a person with a vulva, wearing a harness is tons of fun.
    Jess Grey, Wired, 15 Dec. 2021
  • While the cameras rolled, Galen moved his right hand down her body and pulled aside her one-piece lingerie to touch her vulva.
    New York Times, 12 Jan. 2022
  • The term refers to breakouts of bumps that look like pimples on the outer genitals of the vaginal area, or the vulva.
    Health Editorial Team, Health, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Thank you for your support in making the world a happier place, one vulva at a time.
    Erika W. Smith, refinery29.com, 20 June 2019
  • An itchy, painful rash on the vulva that keeps coming back could be vulvar dermatoses.
    Alyssa Jung, Good Housekeeping, 17 July 2022
  • As with the charcoal mask sheet, products from the line are formulated to suit body, face and vulva.
    Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The sticky, unfamiliar folds of her vulva grossed her out.
    Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Like all other products in the range, this wonder mask is suited for face as well as vulva.
    Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Here’s another: Stationed near the bronze vulva is the skull of a bird with an enormous, phallic beak.
    Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • It's caused by an abnormal growth of cancerous cells in the vulva.
    Sarah Bradley, Women's Health, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Her simple pig vulva has become full and dewy, a clean point of expectant flesh.
    Claire Messud, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
  • The photographs that show Mr. Jois with his hands on students’ vulvas get explained away.
    Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2019
  • To use lube, put a quarter-sized amount on your vulva, focusing on the area around your vaginal opening.
    Vanessa Marin, Allure, 11 Oct. 2018
  • Symptoms Although bumps on the vulva are common, there's not a lot of research about the condition.
    Health Editorial Team, Health, 6 Mar. 2023
  • New moms should place the frozen condom on the perineal area (the area between the anus and vulva) with a washcloth between the skin and condom to prevent freezer burn.
    Jessica Mattern, Woman's Day, 13 Apr. 2017
  • Its form was divided by a deep crevice shaped like a vulva, around the opening of which were gobs and smears of blood-colored silicone.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
  • After that, a vulva formed, just like that of an ordinary woman.
    Christopher Carroll, The New York Review of Books, 25 May 2021
  • The final step in the $125 treatment involved an LED blue light machine placed directly on top of my vulva.
    Maya Allen, Marie Claire, 28 Feb. 2019
  • The vulva is the external part, where your underwear touches your skin.
    Julia Belluz, Vox, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Fragrances in these items can be irritating to your vulva, Dr. Paul says.
    Jessica Wakeman, SELF, 17 Jan. 2019
  • But a chronically itchy vagina or vulva is a sign that something is not right.
    Health.com, 13 Sep. 2017

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