How to Use genital in a Sentence

genital

adjective
  • Herpes is a virus that causes painful sores on your mouth or genital area.
    — Yerin Kim, Seventeen, 11 Dec. 2018
  • This is one of the most common causes for bumps on the genital region.
    — Alyssa Jung, Good Housekeeping, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The part of the body that Scorpio governs is the genital area.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 31 July 2020
  • To get rid of crabs, wash and dry your genital area or any other affected parts of your body.
    — Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Although genital warts can go away on their own, seeing a doctor can get rid of them faster.
    — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 12 Oct. 2021
  • At least once, Yaussi tried to touch Arnold in the genital area.
    — Katy Bergen and Tony Rizzo, kansascity, 21 Dec. 2017
  • In many cases, the rash begins in the genital and anal areas.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 10 June 2022
  • Lesions may cause severe pain in the mouth, rectum or genital area.
    — Helena Oliviero, ajc, 9 Aug. 2022
  • There are not even options for bottom (genital) surgeries for adults in this state.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 21 Feb. 2023
  • In adults, the herpes virus causes cold sores and genital lesions.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 19 July 2017
  • Some people only had sores inside their mouth or in their anal or genital areas.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 27 July 2022
  • Genital herpes is caused by two viruses that can trigger outbreaks of painful sores.
    — Marisa Taylor, Kaiser Health News, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Infected people will often get a rash on their face, hands, feet, chest or near the genital area.
    — Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2024
  • These species also pull in the services of the second pair of legs, which is where their genital openings are.
    — Emily Willingham, Wired, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Here are the most common reasons for a bump on your labia or other genital parts and when to see your doctor about it.
    — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The risk goes way beyond genital cancers, or cancers in just women.
    — Anna Groves, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 July 2018
  • The man had surgery on his genital region and had a catheter put in, investigators said.
    — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The two suspects pinned the victim to the ground while one rubbed his genital area on her face, according to police.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 7 May 2024
  • Many patients in the latest outbreak have reported a rash around the genital area.
    — David Cox, WIRED, 27 July 2022
  • In the West, the practice has come to be known as genital mutilation .
    — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2013
  • Many were young men with genital lesions, and many also had HIV.
    — Byjon Cohen, science.org, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The lesions can appear first in the genital area and rectum before spreading to other parts of the body.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Williams had changed her name and was recognized as female by her home state of Maryland, but had not had genital surgery.
    — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
  • In this outbreak so far, the rashes have often been found around the genital and anal region, on the face, or on the palms of hands and soles of feet.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 23 July 2022
  • In four years, only 405 youths across the country received genital surgery.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 23 Aug. 2023
  • No language in the bill included any mention of genital exams.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Several recent patients have reported rashes in the genital area that did not spread to the rest of the body.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 26 May 2022
  • The bill would make genital mutilation of a girl under age 18 a class D felony.
    — Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2026
  • So, men that have had it in their genital area and any of their limbs have been kind of suffering in silence and kind of feeling like a reject in a sense.
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 5 June 2019
  • Saunders performed genital ultrasounds on men from his running group in his bedroom under the guise of heart scans.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2025

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