How to Use areola in a Sentence

areola

noun
  • The ring of color around each of your nipples is called the areola.
    — Kristin Koch, Seventeen, 10 Oct. 2017
  • The cream fabric is double-lined, my areolas do not show even when the suit is wet.
    — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 29 May 2026
  • The entire areola and nipple area looks like a small, raised mound on top of the breast.
    — Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 10 Nov. 2022
  • My skin burned and my areola peeled off and my breast bled and was swollen to the size of a watermelon.
    — Caitlin Shetterly, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
  • Crouching at forty feet tall, her firm breasts and large white areolas stand at attention.
    — Longreads, 28 Feb. 2018
  • The nipple and areola work would, indeed, cycle through with all the rest.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
  • To do this, wash your hands, cup your breast with one hand and form a C-shape around your areola with your thumb and pointer finger.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Both kinds will offer your areolas a fresh sensation that fingers—and even a partner’s mouth—can’t quite match.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Thrush Thrush is a yeast infection that can appear on your nipple and areola and in your baby's mouth.
    — Donna Murray, Rn, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • But what everybody talks about is the areola and nipple restoration for breast cancer survivors.
    — USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The areola is the pigmented round area on your breast, while the nipple is the actual projection.
    — Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 10 Nov. 2022
  • This can happen to one or both of your nipples, but the areola (the pigmented area around the nipple) does not typically change.
    — Brandi Jones, Msn-Ed, Health, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Not only is there a cup size increase, areolas tend to darken and get significantly larger.
    — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 14 Jan. 2016
  • However, note that your nipples and areola may look completely normal.
    — Donna Murray, Rn, Parents, 3 July 2024
  • While holding her, position your baby’s mouth toward the bottom of your areola, while touching her upper lip with your nipple.
    — New York Times, 18 Apr. 2020
  • Surgically removing the bumps from your areolas may cause scarring.
    — Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 26 May 2023
  • Her entire front body is exposed and her natural breasts are round, perky; her pink areolas, small; her pink nipples, delicate, conical.
    — Weike Wang, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Whiting’s bare buttocks and Hussey’s bare breasts, including her nipples and areolas, are briefly visible.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Anchor incisions are made around the areola, then vertically down the breast and horizontally along where breast and chest meet.
    — Lily Herman, Allure, 1 Aug. 2017
  • And then there are 3D nipple and areola tattoos, which can be done by a medical professional or a tattoo artist.
    — Emma Sarran Webster, Allure, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Always a provocateur, Doja opted to expose a sliver of each areola.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Also, breastfeeding thumbnails with focus on breasts without visible areola can now earn ad revenue.
    — Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 17 Nov. 2023
  • That meant saving the nipples and areolas for reconstruction—a now relatively common practice—would be too risky.
    — Jessica Firger, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2017
  • Moreover, local obscenity laws rarely include the whole breast, just the nipple and surrounding areola.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 20 June 2017
  • Women with accessory breast tissue can have extra nipples or areolas; this condition is called polythelia.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 12 June 2019
  • Known as the linea nigra, hormones could trigger this skin change, which may accompany darkening of the areolas super early in your pregnancy.
    — Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 12 Oct. 2015
  • These silicone covers are supportive, able to conceal a variety of areola and breast sizes and create a smooth finish under any backless dresses, tank tops, and swimwear.
    — India Roby, Women's Health, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Next, breast buds develop that resemble nickel-sized bumps, with both the nipple and breast becoming more elevated and the areola darkening in color.
    — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 29 Aug. 2023
  • After breast reconstruction surgery, Powers used restorative 3-D tattooing to mirror the look of an areola on her boobs.
    — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Previously, breastfeeding videos on YouTube that showed a visible areola were not eligible to earn ad revenue.
    — Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 17 Nov. 2023

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