How to Use menstrual in a Sentence

menstrual

adjective
  • Which menstrual cup for a heavy flow is best?
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • In the middle of the floor was this pad soaked with menstrual blood.
    — Souvankham Thammavongsa, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Join me, but don’t confuse the veal stew pot for the menstrual blood pot.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2021
  • And yet, there are still things about our own menstrual cycles that elude us.
    — Rachel Grumman Bender, SELF, 19 June 2017
  • Here’s how to find relief from menstrual cramps.
    — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 8 June 2026
  • At least six senators were hit by the menstrual cup or the blood.
    — Fox News, 3 Oct. 2019
  • It is known to start menstrual flow and could lead to miscarriage.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 8 Dec. 2025
  • For women, one of the first places the body finds is to stop the menstrual cycle.
    — Cincinnati.com, 5 July 2017
  • The menstrual pad dropped into the dispenser with a soft thud.
    — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 29 Mar. 2021
  • In the meantime, check out these tips to help treat your heavy menstrual bleeding.
    — Noel Cody, Essence, 9 Dec. 2020
  • This is where menstrual blood leaves your body, and where things like tampons enter.
    — Women's Health, 26 June 2023
  • My menstrual cup is close to overflowing at this point.
    — Anna Richards, Outside, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Friðriksdóttir was asked whether there had been a taboo about menstrual blood.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The pad can be used for menstrual cramps, back pain, and muscle tension all over your body.
    — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
  • All of this havoc on my body was caused by heavy menstrual bleeding due to fibroids.
    — Nkem Osian, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2025
  • The basic debate is over how much tax should be levied on menstrual products.
    — Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2019
  • For some women, menstrual cramps are a bother for a few days every month.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Changes to your menstrual cycle like these are hard to predict and a major pain to deal with.
    — Kristine Thomason, PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2017
  • This isn’t the first step the brand has taken to normalize menstrual blood.
    — Anthea Levi, PEOPLE.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The menstrual cup is comfortable and good for up to 12 hours at a time.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Pickle juice may also help ease menstrual cramps.
    — Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Pickle juice may also help ease menstrual cramps.
    — Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 18 Sep. 2025
  • And, Jones says, having an orgasm can even help soothe your menstrual cramps.
    — Kara Wahlgren, Seventeen, 20 Feb. 2018
  • So what would Austen have thought of run-of-the-mill menstrual discomfort?
    — Literary Hub, 11 Mar. 2026
  • It can be used to relieve aches, menstrual camps, cold symptoms, arthritis pain, fever and more.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2023
  • One fellow was able to lead a campaign to get menstrual products added to her school bathrooms.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Michigan isn't the only state that has been sued over the menstrual product taxes.
    — Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2020
  • There also isn’t a strong link between iron intake and menstrual cramps to begin with.
    — Audrey Bruno, SELF, 19 Feb. 2026
  • That age is measured from the end of the person’s last menstrual period.
    — Cayla Harris, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Sep. 2021
  • The title comes from an awkward moment when their leader’s jeans were stained with menstrual blood.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026

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