How to Use menstruation in a Sentence

menstruation

noun
  • Next up is menopause, the moment one year after the last menstruation.
    Amy Larocca, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • This is not the first time Florida schools have been in hot water over the topic of menstruation.
    Simrin Singh, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • As with many aspects of women’s health, there is a lack of data on menstruation.
    Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Here's how parents can make menstruation a lot less scary for their children.
    Ellen Sturm Niz, Parents, 6 June 2023
  • The endometrium, which lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation, has also been linked to the immune system.
    Knvul Sheikh, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2022
  • During menstruation, the inner membrane of the uterus (known as the endometrium) is shed.
    Holly Eagleson, Parents, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The divergence in Bengal could be seen in the menstruation pavilion.
    Suhasini Raj Atul Loke, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The work, part of a makeshift pavilion to worship the Hindu goddess Durga, was designed to break taboos in India about menstruation.
    Suhasini Raj Atul Loke, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • But menstruation isn't the only indication that stature growth has stopped or will stop soon.
    Maria Carter, Parents, 5 July 2023
  • In her research, Dr. Marsh has found that many people have not been educated on what healthy menstruation looks and feels like.
    Adele Jackson-Gibson, SELF, 25 July 2023
  • For most American women, this book was all about puberty — the frank talk about menstruation, armpits, training bras and spin-the-bottle.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 1 May 2023
  • And so her puberty involves the discussion of menstruation and, in two scenes, the presence of (gasp) menstrual pads.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2022
  • But when decades elapse between the start of menstruation and the first pregnancy, women accumulate damage to the DNA in their breast tissue.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
  • There are plenty of ways to plan around your period and cater to different circumstances that may arise due to menstruation.
    Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Hormonal changes occur in both boys and girls, but in boys there isn’t a cyclical pattern like in girls (because of menstruation), says Shirtcliff.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 23 Aug. 2022
  • However, this tissue — which is similar to the one lining the uterus — grows into the muscular walls of the uterus and sheds during menstruation.
    Sophia Caraballo, Woman's Day, 6 Sep. 2022
  • But as the uterine lining is shed (and bleeding continues), the prostaglandin level drops, which is why pain tends to become less intense after the first few days of menstruation.
    Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The cells that make up the lining of your uterus (known as endometrial cells), produce these prostaglandins, which get released as the lining of your uterus breaks down right before and during menstruation.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 24 May 2022
  • While many people are familiar with menopause—the time in life when menstruation ceases—the phase of perimenopause can be much more confusing.
    Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Bsn, Health, 26 June 2023
  • There isn’t a lot of research on this, but anecdotal reports suggests a person may gain up to six pounds during menstruation.
    Kaitlyn Phoenix, Good Housekeeping, 27 Jan. 2023
  • One of our programs is the Period Positive Classroom program, which brings menstruation out in the open.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2022
  • All fourth and fifth grade teachers in Portland Public Schools will get menstruation kits for the upcoming school year, to give students in their classrooms visual aids.
    oregonlive, 9 July 2022
  • Occasions such as these give us space to acknowledge how menstruation impacts people around the world.
    Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2022
  • In the process, the film is delightfully honest about teenage crushes, puberty, and, yes, menstruation.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The panel, which begins at 3 p.m, aims to reduce menstruation stigma.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 26 July 2022
  • In addition, women who have a history of heavy painful menstruation will often have decreased flow and pain.
    Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 3 Aug. 2023
  • From lugging around sanitary products and topping up on pain medication to all the aches and pains that come with it, menstruation is not easy to navigate.
    Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2023
  • But the changes were temporary; menstruation tended to return to normal after one or two cycles.
    Knvul Sheikh, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2022
  • Iron that’s in use doesn’t tend to exit the body unless a person loses blood, whether through menstruation, bleeding from trauma, illness — or through donation.
    Brittany Trang, STAT, 21 Sep. 2022
  • With the extra space, the pantry can serve extra foods, as well as dispense menstruation products, hygiene products, diapers and school supplies.
    Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2021

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