How to Use gonorrhea in a Sentence

gonorrhea

noun
  • Jones said some men and most women with gonorrhea do not show symptoms.
    — Tegan Hanlon, Alaska Dispatch News, 4 Oct. 2017
  • The good news is that gonorrhea is curable with the right treatment.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Rates of both chlamydia and gonorrhea are nearly five times higher among blacks than whites.
    — Harriet Rowan and Alex Leeds Matthews, Washington Post, 22 May 2018
  • Meanwhile, men had higher rates of gonorrhea and syphilis than women.
    — Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
  • And for gonorrhea, already bad statistics got worse last year.
    — Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2018
  • Cases of gonorrhea and chlamydia are on the rise, and syphilis has come back from the brink of extinction.
    — Naperville Sun Editorial Board, Naperville Sun, 5 May 2017
  • Women under the age of 25 should be screened for chlamydia and gonorrhea at least once.
    — Julia Ries, Health, 9 Mar. 2023
  • New gonorrhea infections have surged 73 percent over the past two years.
    — Ken Alltucker, azcentral, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Two new antibiotics were approved to treat gonorrhea.
    — Matthew Herper, STAT, 31 Dec. 2025
  • While rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia rose across the city, early stages of syphilis fell drastically.
    — Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Rates of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia have climbed to levels not seen in a generation.
    — Rasheed Gonga, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026
  • Some of the most common causes include chlamydia and gonorrhea.
    — Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 17 June 2024
  • And cases of gonorrhea and chlamydia continued to fall, too.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Syphilis, gonorrhea, shigella and hepatitis C have all been on the rise in recent years.
    — oregonlive.com, 20 June 2019
  • The Charlotte metro area has rates of gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia among the highest in the nation.
    — Fred Clasen-Kelly, charlotteobserver, 10 May 2017
  • Like chlamydia, gonorrhea can be passed to your genitals if your partner has the infection in their throat.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 9 May 2018
  • Without treatment, gonorrhea can lead to major health problems.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Chlamydia and gonorrhea are on the rise in New York City, a new report reveals.
    — Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • For instance, chlamydia and trichomonas have always been there but there’s a rise in syphilis and now drug-resistant gonorrhea.
    — Laurie Yarnell, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2023
  • Syphilis rates for females have risen somewhat, but unlike chlamydia and gonorrhea, rates for this disease in young women have been very low.
    — Rita Giordano, Philly.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • In this age group, men had nearly seven times the rate of gonorrhea and nearly 10 times the rate of syphilis compared with women.
    — Leana S. Wen, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
  • In 2007, ciprofloxacin still made up almost half of prescriptions for gonorrhea.
    — Sophie Cousins, CNN, 15 May 2018
  • And Long Beach now has the state’s second-highest rate of chlamydia and third-highest rates of gonorrhea and syphilis.
    — Rosanna Xia, latimes.com, 11 Mar. 2018
  • The rise of drug-resistant gonorrhea doesn’t mean there are no treatments available—but the options are limited.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Effective treatment options for gonorrhea have been shrinking fast in recent years.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The full course of treatment for gonorrhea is eight tablets, and the list price does not reflect the final cost for patients, with or without insurance.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Doctors will screen for STIs such as gonorrhea and chlamydia even in the absence of symptoms.
    — Sophie Saint Thomas, SELF, 10 May 2019
  • Some types, especially urethritis, can arise due to gonorrhea and chlamydia, which spread through vaginal, anal, or oral sex.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The agency ended the year by approving two different drugs for gonorrhea, the first new options for the disease in decades.
    — Matthew Perrone, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • As the above video shows, that required unusual tactics and unorthodox strategies to beat syphilis and gonorrhea during the war.
    — Phil Edwards, Vox, 21 Dec. 2018

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