How to Use pregnant in a Sentence

pregnant

adjective
  • There was a pregnant pause before the winner was announced.
  • She got pregnant soon after her marriage.
  • Six months pregnant with our sixth child.
    — Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Three of my close friends got pregnant this year.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 19 Oct. 2025
  • What’s safe to take while pregnant?
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Gauffney was nine months pregnant and due to give birth at any time.
    — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Fran is not pregnant, and my heart breaks for her all over again.
    — Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Karen Boehne was five months pregnant.
    — Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Tina was 15 weeks pregnant when she was killed.
    — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Christa was nine weeks pregnant with their third child at the time of her death.
    — Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
  • When was the last time the first lady was pregnant?
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Jan. 2026
  • His wife was pregnant with their second child.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Of the five adults, four were pregnant women.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
  • Erin was three months pregnant at the time and the wife of a marine.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 15 July 2022
  • The rapper was pregnant at the time.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Davis’ wife was pregnant with their seventh child at the time.
    — Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Mom, pregnant teen and boy slain at home as cops hunt suspects with plan.
    — FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Placed inside a body bag, he was brought to his pregnant wife’s doorstep.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Spelling was pregnant at the time.
    — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Four weeks pregnant with my daughter.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
  • No one knows of any pregnant Sassenach in the area.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The father of a young child, his wife was pregnant at the time of his death last week.
    — Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • James goes to help out with a pregnant cow at the Alderson farm.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
  • James goes to help out with a pregnant cow at the Alderson farm.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • That was the case for a surgeon who became pregnant with twins.
    — Miriam Shuchman, STAT, 9 May 2022
  • Taking Tylenol while pregnant could be linked to autism.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026
  • His mother got pregnant and dropped out of high school at 15.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2022
  • Krys’s daughter is not pregnant.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • His wife, Rachel, is pregnant with their second child.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The woman was pregnant, and worried about the risk of such a long flight.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 20 Oct. 2022

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