How to Use ovarian in a Sentence

ovarian

adjective
  • How does that ovarian age test work?
    — David Oliver, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
  • His wife died of ovarian cancer last year, and his son is in his thirties.
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • Scott was open about her battle with ovarian cancer.
    — Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 15 Jan. 2026
  • One of the early signs of ovarian cancer is pain in the pelvis and lower back.
    — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Both boys and girls teams wore teal shirts to further the awareness of ovarian cancer.
    — Randy Sachs, star-telegram, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The event helps raise money for women with breast and ovarian cancer.
    — Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • This can reveal that someone has a low ovarian reserve, or an overall low amount of eggs.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Kelly hopes her return to the course can help spread awareness about ovarian cancer.
    — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 2 June 2020
  • His aim was to honor his late wife, Carla, who passed away from ovarian cancer.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The novel tells the story of two longtime friends as one of them is dying of ovarian cancer.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The gene increased her chances of getting breast cancer and ovarian cancer.
    — Rebecca Shapiro, Marie Claire, 6 Mar. 2014
  • Asbestos was found in the ovarian tissue of several of the women in this case.
    — Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 13 July 2018
  • In the annual event aims to change lives and assist survivors of breast and ovarian cancer.
    — Laraib Hashmi, Houston Chronicle, 18 Oct. 2019
  • The cause was ovarian cancer, the governor said in a statement.
    — Jennifer Medina, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The goal is to create a blood test that can be used to cut down on time trying to find ovarian cancer so doctors can treat it faster.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Blocking a key protein that enables ovarian cancer has shown promise in the fight against it.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Her husband, Paul Horvitz, said the cause was ovarian cancer.
    — New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022
  • So his wife miscarried five more times before Nile and died of ovarian cancer.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Germ cell tumors comprise only about one to two percent of all ovarian tumors.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Unexplained changes in appetite or weight can be warning signs of ovarian cancer as well.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Lee died in 1952 from ovarian cancer.
    — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Some of the tumors on my abdominal wall and on my ovary had come back as stage 3 low-grade ovarian cancer.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Six of the 22 plaintiffs in the latest trial have died from ovarian cancer.
    — USA TODAY, 12 July 2018
  • Her death, in hospice care, was caused by ovarian cancer, said Sherry Long, a close friend.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Although best known for causing breast and ovarian cancers in women, the gene can also raise the risk of many cancers in men.
    — Bijal P. Trivedi, Science | AAAS, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The plaintiffs' lawyers said asbestos fibers and talc particles were found in the ovarian tissues of many of the women.
    — USA TODAY, 12 July 2018
  • Broward cares for three grandchildren who had been in foster care and has Stage 4 ovarian cancer.
    — Christopher O’Donnell, Miami Herald, 17 May 2025
  • If the torsion isn't treated with emergency care, the ovarian tissue can die and cause a patient to lose that ovary.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
  • If the torsion isn't treated with emergency care, the ovarian tissue can die and cause a patient to lose that ovary.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
  • She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer two years later.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025

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