How to Use perineum in a Sentence

perineum

noun
  • Like so many others, my dreams of cycling glory were popped by a perineum.
    — Nate Dern, Outside Online, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Prolonged pressure to the perineum, or groin area, can be painful and cause loss of feeling in the area.
    — Healthday, chicagotribune.com, 17 May 2017
  • Another teacher demands a student come up to the front of the room and point out, on her body, where her perineum is.
    — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2018
  • When positioned in the right spot, the arm can tease your testicles as well as your perineum (also known as your taint).
    — Amanda Chatel, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Sometimes that includes branching out to other erogenous zones beyond the clit or perineum.
    — Amanda Chatel, Glamour, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Perineal descent is when the perineum bulges down from its typical position.
    — Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Healthcare providers commonly use median incisions to make a straight cut in the perineum.
    — Korin Miller, Health, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Cycling concentrates your body weight on the perineum, where the pudendal nerve, key blood vessels and the pelvic floor muscles all travel.
    — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Biotin deficiency presents with multiple symptoms including brittle nails, thinning hair and a scaly red rash around the eyes, nose, mouth and perineum.
    — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2022
  • One company, called Morari, showed off a prototype of a perineum patch that is supposed to help those who struggle with premature ejaculation.
    — Lauren Goode, Wired, 8 Jan. 2020
  • Its vitamin E formulation absorbs into skin without any residue and is delicate on breasts, belly, and even your perineum.
    — Pamela Brill, Parents, 22 May 2025
  • Saddles with center cutouts or split designs reduce pressure on sensitive areas, and small changes in seat height, tilt or handlebar position can shift weight away from the perineum.
    — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Many women sprinkle baby powder on their inner thighs to prevent chafing, or use it on their perineum, sanitary pads or underwear for its drying and freshening effects.
    — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2017
  • After an episiotomy is performed, your doctor or midwife will repair the perineum by stitching the wound closed with dissolvable sutures (also called absorbable sutures).
    — Robin Elise Weiss, Phd, Parents, 1 July 2024
  • Hands-free and easy to use, they’re designed to stimulate both the person wearing it and the person being penetrated, for fuss-free clitoral stimulation and perineum pleasure.
    — Sarah Madaus, SELF, 10 July 2024
  • The downward angle of the Verge is a great place to start before graduating to a butt plug or prostate massager because the hot spot can be stimulated indirectly through the perineum.
    — Gabrielle Kassel, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Unfortunately, some people have already found out that perineum sunning can have immediate and uncomfortable effects.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The second pocket can hold a vibrator against the perineum or between the labia, which will stimulate the genitals of the person being penetrated in front-to-back positions like reverse rider.
    — Malia Griggs, SELF, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Other myths, such as how tanning your perineum can boost energy and balance hormones, or how eliminating seed oils from your diet will protect you from the sun, have also fed into Gen Z tanning culture.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
  • Eva Echeverria, 63, had reportedly been using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder on her perineum for decades.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 24 Aug. 2017
  • This is that Caesarean section stops infants picking up, from their mother’s vaginas and perineums, bacteria that would normally establish themselves in a newborn’s gut, and by doing so improve its future health.
    — The Economist, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Less common were other threats; physical abuse, including refusing anesthesia for an episiotomy (a cut to the perineum to aid with delivery); or sharing private information without women’s consent.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2019
  • The infection that has been linked to these medications is called necrotizing fasciitis of the perineum, or Fournier’s gangrene, and the FDA is now requiring that a warning be added to the prescribing information of these pills about this risk.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 30 Aug. 2018

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