How to Use safe sex in a Sentence

safe sex

noun
  • Knowing the risks and practicing safer sex helps parents-to-be take simple steps to keep their baby healthy.
    — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 4 Feb. 2026
  • In this decade, practicing safe sex (which likely involves some sort of birth control) is important.
    — Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Focus on protective habits like a healthy diet, regular exercise, and safer sex.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Volunteers target a basketball court in the community, where young men gather, and hand out a safe sex kit, which includes condoms.
    — Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Health officials encourage safe sex Local health officials are also encouraging fans to have safer sex.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026
  • Spears said one of the lockers is located at a coffee shop between two Catholic schools, targeting students who might not have safe sex supplies readily available to them.
    — Ruby Grisin, The Courier-Journal, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Parents might also consider that their teen could be removing body hair in the hopes of impressing a crush, which is why this also could be an opening to talk about safe sex and reproductive health.
    — Liz Regalia, Parents, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Do your best to practice safe sex by using protection like condoms and getting tested regularly for STIs.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 2 June 2026
  • Public health messaging around safer sex, access to testing, vaccination where appropriate, and rapid linkage to care will matter far more than sensational fears about Ebola in stadiums.
    — Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 28 May 2026
  • In announcing the initiative, AHF described the campaign as a prevention effort intended to promote safer sex practices and increase awareness about condom use.
    — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 8 June 2026
  • Key steps include getting the HPV vaccine, staying up to date on Pap smears and HPV screenings, and practicing safer sex, including using condoms.
    — Essence, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Ciara remembers the days when HIV was more of a top-of-mind issue, and raising awareness about preventing infection—with safe sex, clean needles, and medications—was a public-health priority.
    — Alice Park, Time, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Frustrated by the Reagan administration dragging its heels in addressing — or even naming — the epidemic, Byrd began using television as a platform to share information about safe sex practices and became a fixture at protests.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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