How to Use ovary in a Sentence

ovary

noun

• But unlike ovaries, testicles can be touched — and, boy, should they be touched.
  — Redbook, 22 Jan. 2018
• There’s the stamen — the plant’s pollen-producing organ, which is housed in the ovary.
  — Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 19 Dec. 2017
• The retrieval, where the doctor removes eggs from the ovaries with a long needle, went without a hitch.
  — Ariana Eunjung Cha, chicagotribune.com, 29 Jan. 2018
• The antral follicle count refers to the number of follicles inside the ovaries.
  — Nicole Ellis, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2018
• The drug could slow the aging of ovaries, delay menopause, and improve women’s quality of life.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 23 July 2024
• Ten women receiving caesareans agreed to let the scientists remove a small portion of their ovaries.
  — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 10 Feb. 2018
• Then, researchers inserted up to 50 follicles into each ovary.
  — Katherine Kornei, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2018
• During ovulation, an egg travels from an ovary down a fallopian tube to prepare for fertilization with sperm.
  — Joy Emeh, Health, 18 July 2024
• With the help of the transvaginal ultrasound, the doctor took pictures of my uterus and ovaries, manually counting each follicle.
  — Nicole Ellis, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2018
• Your ovaries are starting to produce less estrogen, and your periods might become irregular.
  — Dr. Oz, Good Housekeeping, 17 Jan. 2018
• But the fish’s skin, intestines, ovaries, and liver contain the poison tetrodotoxin, which is 1,200 times deadlier than cyanide.
  — Joseph Hincks, Time, 16 Jan. 2018
• Laparoscopic surgery can be used to remove the excess uterine lining, often found on the ovaries, fallopian tubes, and surface of the uterus.
  — Abby Haglage, SELF, 25 Oct. 2017
• But pathological cysts are different—these are abnormal growths that form on the ovary due to unusual cell development.
  — Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 15 Aug. 2024
• Similarly, male flowers have small, nonfunctional ovaries.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 6 Feb. 2018
• When the body doesn't make enough of the hormones necessary for ovulation, the ovaries can develop cysts, which then make androgens, a hormone that men typically have higher amount of.
  — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
• This tissue can swell and bleed during menstruation, create scar tissue in the pelvic region, as well as cysts (from blood that gets trapped in the ovaries), and also cause a crapload of physical and mental pain.
  — Courtney Shea, refinery29.com, 9 Aug. 2024
• In people with endometriosis, tissue similar to the lining of the womb grows in other parts of the body, including but not limited to the ovaries, fallopian tubes and bladder.
  — Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 30 Aug. 2024
• Menopause occurs naturally as the amount of estrogen and progesterone produced by the body declines, eventually causing the ovaries to stop producing eggs and periods to cease.
  — Linda Searing, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2017
• The ovary should be swollen with the beginning of the new fruit.
  — oregonlive, 16 Jan. 2021
• Many abided in the ovaries for most of the rodents’ lives.
  — science.org, 3 July 2024
• The egg can also end up in an ovary, the cervix or the abdomen.
  — Amy Alspaugh, The Conversation, 7 June 2022
• This type of cyst could twist, preventing blood flow to the ovary.
  — CBS News, 30 Nov. 2022
• This shot of a progestin prevents the release of an egg from the ovaries for three months.
  — Jane E. Brody, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2018
• The longer a fish is, the greater the volume of her ovaries (proportional to her length).
  — Ben Guarino, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2018
• The ultrasound found a cyst on her left ovary, the lawsuit states.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 26 July 2023
• The egg leaves the ovary and enters the fallopian tube.
  — Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 14 Mar. 2023
• My ovary has settled in on the muscles around the sacral nerves in my back that allow us to walk.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2018
• That includes tumors found in the lung, colon, breasts, ovaries, and — in cases of melanoma — skin.
  — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2018
• The carpel grabs the pollen and transfers it to a chamber called an ovary, where seeds develop.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 26 May 2021
• Doctors rushed Sanders into surgery and the cyst and her right ovary were removed.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 26 Sep 2024