How to Use fertility in a Sentence

fertility

noun

• The area is known for its soil fertility.
• The doctor ordered a test of his fertility.
• She studied the effects of pollution on the fertility of the local fish population.
• The states in the center of the U.S. have the highest fertility rates.
  — Joe Murphy, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2023
• Still, these countries have had some of the world’s highest fertility rates, the U.N. said.
  — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
• The women who are hit are supposed to get a year of health, fertility and beauty.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Feb. 2023
• The egg symbolizes new life, fertility, and rebirth in many places around the world.
  — Lauren Smith McDonough, House Beautiful, 9 Mar. 2023
• But some of its effects seem to have little to do with fertility.
  — Amanda Gardner, Health, 9 Mar. 2023
• For some, the egg symbolizes fertility and the circle of life.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2024
• Lay plants on top of soil to break down as green manure for improved soil fertility.
  — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024
• In addition, our fertility rate is hovering at less than half the peak of the late '50s.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 20 June 2023
• Utah — which once led the country with its high fertility rate — has seen its births decline.
  — Leto Sapunar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022
• There is no evidence that any of the options affect fertility down the line.
  — Women's Health, 20 June 2023
• But this is the first time she’s spoken openly about her fertility.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 9 Sep. 2024
• Since then, Teigen and Legend have opened up about their grief and fertility challenges.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2023
• Her team wanted to know: What effect did this have on fertility rates?
  — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 26 May 2023
• That said, Hart still was able to find meaning and value in her fertility journey.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 14 June 2023
• Others showcase Ceres, the god of fertility, Sol (the sun) and Mercury (commerce).
  — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 1 May 2023
• In Britain, the average fertility rate (i.e., the number of children a woman has) is 1.56.
  — Nell Frizzell, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2024
• Life, fertility, and abundance—even amid the privations of the dry season.
  — Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2024
• South Korea has the world’s lowest fertility rate, at 0.78, meaning there are more deaths than births.
  — Josh Lederman, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2023
• The ectopic pregnancy that must end to save life and fertility.
  — Essence, 31 Oct. 2024
• High total fertility rates across the globe in the middle of the 20th century helped fuel the world’s growth to eight billion people.
  — National Geographic, 21 Mar. 2023
• At the time, the proud new mother shared the exciting news with a blog post on her website, opening up about her struggles with fertility.
  — Sabrina Picou, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024
• And even while researchers try to track it, the calendar of human fertility has been changing.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2023
• Data released this week showed that last year the country broke its own record — again — for the world’s lowest total fertility rate.
  — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024
• Myth: Taking Plan B too many times harms your fertility.
  — Women's Health, 20 June 2023
• But toward the end of 2020, nine months after lockdowns began, the fertility rate of mothers born in the U.S. began to inch upwards.
  — Julia Zorthian, Time, 20 Oct. 2022
• Instead, the opposite happened: Abortions went up last year and the country’s fertility rate hit a historic low.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
• Considering the broader sweep of human fertility may also help quell any fears about current low levels of fertility.
  — Vegard Skirbekk, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024