How to Use circumcision in a Sentence

circumcision

noun
  • Even though the circumcision is done without any painkillers.
    — Nurith Aizenman, NPR, 12 May 2024
  • When a nurse pages a doctor for a circumcision, that boy is likely heading home in the next few hours.
    — Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Still, many parents decide against circumcision for their sons.
    — Rita Giordano, https://www.inquirer.com, 4 June 2019
  • Jordan made her first film, about female circumcision, at the age of 18.
    — Abby Aguirre, Marie Claire, 2 Apr. 2014
  • But in a play both funny and poignant, the parents are at odds over whether to go through with the circumcision ritual.
    — Christine Dolen, miamiherald, 29 May 2018
  • People filled the streets to greet a procession that precedes the circumcision of the boys.
    — Jordan Simeonov, Star Tribune, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Women who took their daughters for circumcision were not taking them there to destroy them.
    — Bukola Adebayo, CNN, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Today northeastern states have circumcision rates two to three times higher than in the west.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2013
  • Is a Pink concert the right place for a protest regarding circumcision?
    — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The push to curb circumcision has been brewing in parts of Europe for several years.
    — Christina Caron, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2018
  • There was a boy born among the Jews who have remained in Dnipro, and no one is in the city to perform the circumcision.
    — Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Medical male circumcision, thought to slow the spread of the virus, decreased by 27%.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Experts say that circumcision rates are not a reliable stand-in for acetaminophen use in babies anyway.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
  • For decades, circumcision was something of a given in the United States.
    — Meagan Drillinger, Men's Health, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Kamau had argued that many women want to undergo circumcision but the law prevents them.
    — Tom Odula, Star Tribune, 17 Mar. 2021
  • When the topic of circumcision came up, Kalani suggested Asuelu share his own story.
    — Kelly Martinez, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The foreskin is collected during circumcision, at which point the stem cells are extracted through a centrifuge.
    — Maria Del Russo, Glamour, 4 May 2018
  • The complaint also states the child's father called an emergency hotline to report the child's circumcision.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The practice, also known as female circumcision or cutting, is a federal crime punishable by five years in prison.
    — David Eggert, The Seattle Times, 11 July 2017
  • The prevalence of circumcision in America is also a function of fee-for-service medicine.
    — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Because her vaginal area was sewn shut, Chanel needed to have the circumcision medically fixed.
    — Lanae Brody, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2022
  • City officials have also fought against a Jewish ritual in which a man sucks the blood from an infant’s circumcision wound.
    — Paul Berger and Katie Honan, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2020
  • The flyer found at the synagogue, Nisanov said, referred to bris, the Jewish rite of circumcision.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Besides his hate for Clinton and circumcision, most of his other positions seem difficult to pin down.
    — Lizzy Acker, OregonLive.com, 30 May 2017
  • In response, the Emperor had the officer concerned put to death and repealed the law against circumcision.
    — Caren Schnur Neile, Sun Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2022
  • What remained were quirky relics, like a black-and-white photograph of my dad as a little boy, wearing a fez after his circumcision ceremony.
    — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Born in Guinea, she was forced into exile as a child, underwent a female circumcision at nine years old, and was married and had a child at 17.
    — Barry Samaha, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The families gather for a baby’s circumcision, and a Gentile banker is mistaken for the mohel.
    — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Their key scene together takes place on a double-date dinner in a Chinese restaurant scene, where a drunk Sheila has questions about circumcision.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2019
  • During the trial, jurors heard from expert witnesses and the child's family, and saw graphic photos of the circumcision.
    — Holly Baltz, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2024

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