How to Use genital in a Sentence

genital

adjective
  • The part of the body that Scorpio governs is the genital area.
    Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 31 July 2020
  • At least once, Yaussi tried to touch Arnold in the genital area.
    Katy Bergen and Tony Rizzo, kansascity, 21 Dec. 2017
  • In many cases, the rash begins in the genital and anal areas.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 10 June 2022
  • This is one of the most common causes for bumps on the genital region.
    Alyssa Jung, Good Housekeeping, 29 Aug. 2022
  • In this outbreak so far, the rashes have often been found around the genital and anal region, on the face, or on the palms of hands and soles of feet.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 23 July 2022
  • Herpes is a virus that results in painful sores on your mouth and genital area, said Dr. Bhuyan.
    Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 22 Feb. 2019
  • The group also took samples from the bats: blood and swabs from their mouths and urinary and genital organs.
    Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • These species also pull in the services of the second pair of legs, which is where their genital openings are.
    Emily Willingham, Wired, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Herpes is a virus that causes painful sores on your mouth or genital area.
    Yerin Kim, Seventeen, 11 Dec. 2018
  • In the West, the practice has come to be known as genital mutilation .
    Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2013
  • The two suspects pinned the victim to the ground while one rubbed his genital area on her face, according to police.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 7 May 2024
  • The lesions can appear first in the genital area and rectum before spreading to other parts of the body.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Here are the most common reasons for a bump on your labia or other genital parts and when to see your doctor about it.
    Zahra Barnes, SELF, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Many were young men with genital lesions, and many also had HIV.
    Byjon Cohen, science.org, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Viagra works to improve blood flow to the genital area, which can help men get and keep erections.
    Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 14 June 2018
  • Although genital warts can go away on their own, seeing a doctor can get rid of them faster.
    Zahra Barnes, SELF, 12 Oct. 2021
  • In adults, the herpes virus causes cold sores and genital lesions.
    Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 19 July 2017
  • Lesions may cause severe pain in the mouth, rectum or genital area.
    Helena Oliviero, ajc, 9 Aug. 2022
  • So, men that have had it in their genital area and any of their limbs have been kind of suffering in silence and kind of feeling like a reject in a sense.
    Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 5 June 2019
  • There are not even options for bottom (genital) surgeries for adults in this state.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Take off all your clothes and look carefully at all of your skin, including the palms, soles of feet, between toes and buttocks and in the genital area.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Infected people will often get a rash on their face, hands, feet, chest or near the genital area.
    Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The post shows Bieber standing in front of the t-shirt, while maybe-possibly clutching his genital region in a show of machismo.
    Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Williams had changed her name and was recognized as female by her home state of Maryland, but had not had genital surgery.
    Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
  • For patients 15 and older, breast surgery is an option, as is genital surgery for those 18 and older.
    Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2022
  • According to a news release, the crime came to light when the child complained of pain in her genital area and told her mother that Barr had been touching her.
    Fox News, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Several recent patients have reported rashes in the genital area that did not spread to the rest of the body.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 26 May 2022
  • In four years, only 405 youths across the country received genital surgery.
    Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The man had surgery on his genital region and had a catheter put in, investigators said.
    Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • More to Read Gambia upholds its ban on female genital cutting.
    Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2024

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