How to Use diaper in a Sentence

diaper

1 of 2 noun
  • Like, no one wants to get out of diapers.
    — Teddy Wayne, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Strollers and a diaper bag at the ready.
    — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The shorts look like a sexy diaper.
    — Stephanie Mansfield, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Who can change a diaper faster?
    — Annie Heilbrunn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The woman had not had her diaper changed nor been bathed in a month.
    — Logan Smith, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Keep in mind, this was before adult diapers were a thing.
    — Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The girl had a full diaper that was leaking.
    — Kansas City Star, 11 May 2026
  • Change the water for the dogs, change the diaper for the kid.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2025
  • And her dad carries a diaper bag, his phone strapped to his belt.
    — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • And a third of those have already picked their diapers from their first child.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Figueroa had come to the home with snacks, diapers, and toys to meet his son for the first time.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The shelves in the shops are all empty; there are no diapers, food, or even snacks.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Cleaning the diaper for the first time.
    — Murat Ates, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • At its best, a diaper pail is not just a place where dirty diapers go.
    — Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • But cleaning cloth diapers is a dirty job that no one enjoys.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • What’s the best diaper liner to buy?
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • After all, there was a day not too long ago when the diaper bag was an eyesore.
    — Cassie Shortsleeve, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Because these are the max thickness and length, these pads do feel a bit like a diaper.
    — Rachael Schultz, Health, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The child was covered in blood and was in unchanged diapers.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Earth has a big diaper problem.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Their world is diapers and snack time, work and family.
    — Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
  • Car accessories, diaper bags, and toys to name a few.
    — Aisha Nyandoro, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Let this woman change her baby’s diaper in peace!
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 June 2026
  • Sleep deprivation and dirty diapers are a small price to pay to feel such love.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 25 May 2026
  • And their skin can become more permeable when in a wet diaper.
    — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Esti, meanwhile, only wears a diaper as she is embraced by her mom.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 May 2023
  • What do politicians and diapers have in common?
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • When asked where the gun came from, the child allegedly pointed to the diaper bag.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • At least on a blind date, there’s usually a cocktail and no diapers to change.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Put something that will serve as a visual cue that your child is with you, such a diaper bag, in the front seat.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 30 June 2026

diaper

2 of 2 verb
  • The sophomores, juniors and seniors clothed, diapered, fed and played with the children.
    — charlotteobserver, 9 May 2017
  • Besides environmental impact, Austin started cloth diapering her now 2-year-old twins for health reasons.
    — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Oct. 2019
  • The endless cycle of crying, feeding, burping, diapering, bathing, clothing and coddling, while trying to battle fatigue and pain after birth is taxing.
    — Shanon Lee, Redbook, 14 July 2015
  • The program taught special techniques used in feeding, diapering and holding the babies, as well as putting nipples on bottles, making beds and sanitizing equipment.
    — Joan Giangrasse Kates, chicagotribune.com, 28 Aug. 2017
  • The more intense care required at this age — diapering, bottle feeding — also can’t be done without almost continual close contact and requires more adults per child, increasing the inherent risk.
    — Marshall Allen, ProPublica, 23 May 2020
  • Other topics will include hand washing, diapering, bottle feeding, personal safety, interviewing skills and many more topics.
    — Courant Community, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Duties and activities that may be required of the nurses include ventilator care, tracheotomy care and suctioning, medication administration, toileting/diapering and oral feeding.
    — Erika Butler, baltimoresun.com, 25 July 2019

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