How to Use sex in a Sentence

sex

1 of 2 noun

• How do you tell the sex of a hamster?
• Her mom talked to her about sex.
• The couple didn't know what the sex of their baby would be.
• She doesn't like all the sex and violence in movies.
• More and more Jews of both sexes and all ages were packed in the barn.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2018
• This time the ad plays up the clothes’ quality and fit for both sexes.
  — Ray A. Smith, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2018
• This blob at the Paris zoo has 720 sexes and can heal itself if it's cut in two.
  — Doug Criss, CNN, 18 Oct. 2019
• There may be a battle of the sexes about movies on Facebook, but not in our house.
  — Lisa Cianci, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 May 2018
• Store staff advised her that the fitting area was open to both sexes.
  — cleveland, 17 Jan. 2020
• Of course, people of all sexes and genders can use strap-ons.
  — Sophie Saint Thomas, SELF, 2 Mar. 2019
• Belle is the proud mother of the babies, whose sexes are unknown at this time.
  — Cassie Armstrong, OrlandoSentinel.com, 18 May 2018
• Christopher Kane is not put off by sex’s sorta-bad name.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2018
• So why not simply launch a crew of small humans, sexes be damned?
  — National Geographic, 17 June 2019
• For both sexes, smoking is most common among adults between the ages of 45 and 64.
  — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 19 June 2018
• Liam is an Irish name that can be given to both sexes assigned at birth.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 19 July 2023
• Both sexes display a white wing patch in flight, and both fly with legs outstretched past their body.
  — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 10 Jan. 2024
• Patrons entered through the same door, stood in the same line and ordered from baristas of both sexes.
  — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2020
• Forget xoxo as the new exclamation point—was the email sign-off the new sparring ground for the battle of the sexes?
  — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2018
• In some species, the females will stay with their natal group, while in others, both sexes leave to join or form new harems.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 June 2023
• Which isn’t to suggest that the development process is going to be the same for both sexes.
  — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 13 June 2018
• Tennis will only come up to par when things like the Davis Cup, Laver cup etc. involve both sexes.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 31 July 2019
• Staff won't know the cubs' sexes until Echo has bonded with her cubs and staff can get a closer look safely.
  — Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2020
• Their ideal outcome would be short, and mostly equal wait times for both sexes.
  — Nick Stockton, WIRED, 22 May 2018
• Both sexes are shiny and beautifully marked, but only males have the two horns.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 1 Aug. 2019
• High school years ahead and mothers will be replaced by buddies, clans and hangout pals of both sexes.
  — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 3 May 2020
• Most espouse traditional views about the role of women and the sexes.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
• And the researchers found that, in each of these cases, the two copies had opposite expression levels in the two sexes.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 23 Feb. 2018
• Outside of government, both sexes seem to be waging a war on the post-2008 new normal.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2019
• The little chambers in our skin that house fat cells look different between the sexes.
  — Sara Chodosh, Popular Science, 30 Dec. 2019
• In the last 18 months, movie theaters opened for the first time in more than 35 years, women gained the right to drive and segregation of the sexes was relaxed in public places.
  — Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2019

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sex

2 of 2 verb

• Because the star of the show, one Jean-Paul Belmondo, just totally sexes up the screen.
  — Maura Kelly, Marie Claire, 28 May 2010
• The classic look would often get sexed up with spit curls that lay slicked to the forehead, at the nape of the neck, or in front of the ear, thanks to the influence of Josephine Baker.
  — Rebecca Norris, Allure, 22 May 2018
• His aura was a regal, ethereal, sexed-up shade of purple, and his style had to match all of that pomp.
  — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2018
• Each walleye harvested by the tribes is measured and sexed.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2018
• In the meantime, our Mr. Mooney slithers into the pub, bringing the disharmonious vibe of a swinging, sexed-up London into this frozen outpost of the middle-class 1950s.
  — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2018
• What ensues is a modern-day, faintly unpleasant, sexed-up comedy of errors on both sides.
  — Jocelyn McClurg, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2018
• Monse has no interest in sexing up her personality or look for the attention of men.
  — Sesali Bowen, refinery29.com, 20 Mar. 2018
• Catching baby crocs is easier, but sexing them is trickier, so the researchers bring the animals back to the park's research station.
  — Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 30 Aug. 2017
• Abbi and Ilana can be humiliated, angry, sexed-up, loving, creative and crude, all within 22 minutes.
  — Kt Hawbaker, chicagotribune.com, 26 Feb. 2018
• Because the star of the show, one Jean-Paul Belmondo, just totally sexes up the screen.
  — Maura Kelly, Marie Claire, 28 May 2010
• The classic look would often get sexed up with spit curls that lay slicked to the forehead, at the nape of the neck, or in front of the ear, thanks to the influence of Josephine Baker.
  — Rebecca Norris, Allure, 22 May 2018
• His aura was a regal, ethereal, sexed-up shade of purple, and his style had to match all of that pomp.
  — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2018
• Each walleye harvested by the tribes is measured and sexed.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2018
• In the meantime, our Mr. Mooney slithers into the pub, bringing the disharmonious vibe of a swinging, sexed-up London into this frozen outpost of the middle-class 1950s.
  — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2018
• What ensues is a modern-day, faintly unpleasant, sexed-up comedy of errors on both sides.
  — Jocelyn McClurg, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2018
• Monse has no interest in sexing up her personality or look for the attention of men.
  — Sesali Bowen, refinery29.com, 20 Mar. 2018
• Catching baby crocs is easier, but sexing them is trickier, so the researchers bring the animals back to the park's research station.
  — Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 30 Aug. 2017
• Abbi and Ilana can be humiliated, angry, sexed-up, loving, creative and crude, all within 22 minutes.
  — Kt Hawbaker, chicagotribune.com, 26 Feb. 2018

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