How to Use menstruate in a Sentence

menstruate

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• She began menstruating at the age of 12.
• But for people who menstruate, the menopause transition starts in one’s 40s, not 70s, and is a normal stage of midlife.
  — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 26 Dec. 2021
• It was stated that the steroids used are just strong enough for facial hair to grow and to stop menstruating, but not build muscle.
  — Rob Tate, Houston Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2018
• People who menstruate can't simply wait for the shelves to be restocked.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 10 June 2022
• Across the world, there are 3.5 billion people who menstruate.
  — Moms Helping Moms, Forbes, 1 May 2022
• Considering that many women menstruate from the ages of about 12 to 50, that adds up.
  — Cheryl Wischhover, Vox, 18 Oct. 2018
• And most women hit menopause and stop menstruating around 51.
  — Sarah Klein, Health.com, 31 May 2018
• Those who were menstruating were told to remove their tampons, which left them bleeding on themselves and the ground.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2019
• Some cited concerns that the policy would be unfair to people who don’t menstruate or that the leave would be abused.
  — Ashifa Kassam, Time, 8 Oct. 2021
• Of those, perimenopausal women -- women who were no longer menstruating and on the verge of menopause -- were the least likely to sleep seven or more hours a night.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Sep. 2017
• Please don't ever refer to me as a person with a uterus, birthing person, or person who menstruates.
  — Gabriel Hays, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2023
• The temple doors are closed to devotees for the first three days of the festival, akin to the way menstruating women are often kept in seclusion in this region.
  — Washington Post, 11 July 2019
• More than half of all people who menstruate experience cramps a few days each month.
  — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 28 Apr. 2023
• In fact, the Talmud records that Sarah miraculously then began to menstruate once more (Rosh Hashanah 11a).
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Mar. 2022
• Of course, not all women have uteruses, and not all people who have uteruses, or who menstruate, are women.
  — Elinor Cleghorn, Time, 17 June 2021
• The custom of exiling menstruating women has persisted in parts of west Nepal though the Supreme Court banned it in 2005.
  — Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2020
• The truth is, not all women menstruate and not all people who menstruate are women.
  — Courtney Roark, Teen Vogue, 18 Oct. 2019
• To menstruate is to know that period symptoms are always in flux, and that even the change of season can have a dramatic impact on them.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2021
• In some villages, menstruating women are sent to cow sheds.
  — New York Times, 19 June 2018
• This makes urinating and menstruating almost impossible as a girl is forced to do so through a hole the size of a matchstick.
  — Hawa Aden Mohamed For Cnn, CNN, 5 July 2017
• This is a great time to meet up with your other menstruating friends to silently solve world hunger, or do insider trading.
  — Grace Henes, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2023
• Either way, don’t fret my sleep enthusiasts, there is good news for all who menstruate.
  — Danielle Sinay, Teen Vogue, 13 Mar. 2019
• This seemingly small change will have a big impact for players who menstruate.
  — Erin Strout, Women's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
• The disease strikes one in 10 women, as well as trans men and nonbinary people who menstruate.
  — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2021
• Side note: For those who menstruate, this model brought in period predictions to the party.
  — Talene Appleton, Men's Health, 10 June 2023
• And plenty of people who menstruate don’t have perfect 28-day cycles.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2021
• Reuters found that 1 in 4 people who menstruate worry about the expense of their period products.
  — Laken Brooks, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2021
• Still, side effects are one of the main reasons why people who menstruate don’t use contraception.
  — Sarah Sloat, Wired, 15 Aug. 2022
• Considering that a woman can expect to menstruate 450 times throughout her life, that's a lot of bathroom runs.
  — Anthea Levi, Health.com, 3 Nov. 2017
• According to the Guardian, only 2% of people who menstruate in China use tampons.
  — Maride Espada, Teen Vogue, 28 May 2018

Last Updated: 28 May 2024