How to Use sanitary napkin in a Sentence

sanitary napkin

noun
  • The same goes for sanitary napkins, tampons, and fats or oils.
    — Mike Moffitt, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2020
  • Her home, too, is filled with value packs of sanitary napkins and stacks of shampoo and mouthwash.
    — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 26 July 2019
  • Other common items stuck in the grease included sanitary napkins, drugs and wet wipes.
    — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2019
  • Boy Child Carr Kenya provide sanitary napkins and other needs for girls.
    — James Weber, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Yoko Ono sat behind him, knitting while blindfolded by a sanitary napkin.
    — Tim Riley, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2020
  • The teacher opened the classroom cupboard, bashfully picked out a sanitary napkin, and slipped it into my pocket.
    — Puja Changoiwala, SELF, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Some of the hoarding in Taiwan is driven by reports that toilet paper and sanitary napkins could be used, in a pinch, as makeshift masks.
    — Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2020
  • The pallets were loaded with cardboard boxes containing rice, flour, sugar, tea and milk, along with sanitary napkins.
    — Jane Arraf, NPR, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The definition in the law includes tampons and sanitary napkins.
    — Washington Post, 6 June 2019
  • The group had items like diapers, wipes, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, shampoo and sanitary napkins.
    — Joshua Bote and Briana Sanchez, USA TODAY, 26 June 2019
  • Last year, Bodyform was the first advertiser to ever show a sanitary napkin being used in a real life scenario.
    — Maggie Mallon, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Sargent has introduced bills for years to make tampons and sanitary napkins available for free in women’s bathrooms at state office buildings and schools.
    — USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2019
  • The recent focus around the issue also has spawned a number of new organizations that collect sanitary napkins and tampons for girls and women in need.
    — Karen Berkowitz, chicagotribune.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Some postpartum people prefer soaking a large sanitary napkin in witch hazel, freezing it, and then applying it to their underwear to provide comfort.
    — Robin Elise Weiss, Phd, Parents, 1 July 2024
  • Under the bill, products that are exempt from sales and use tax include sanitary napkins, tampons, menstrual cups, or any other similar menstrual product.
    — USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2020
  • Some of her Facebook posts criticized Museveni for not providing sanitary napkins for schoolgirls.
    — Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2019
  • There is still too much stigma associated with women’s basic health needs, like sanitary napkins and contraception, but these essential needs do not go away in an emergency.
    — Kathy Calvin, Time, 12 May 2018
  • However, some reproductive health advocates warn that eliminating taxes does not always lower the price of sanitary napkins.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 17 June 2026
  • Under the feminine hygiene bill, schools that serve students in grade five through 12 would be required to provide products, including sanitary napkins and tampons, in their restrooms at no cost.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 18 Feb. 2020
  • Over a 12-hour period, the waste normally circulates through three screening tanks, where human feces, sanitary napkins, tampons, condoms and other items are screened out.
    — Christine Woodside, courant.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Sanitary waste—used hygiene products such as sanitary napkins and diapers—is incinerated or routed for recycling.
    — Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026
  • The move will provide free tampons and sanitary napkins in women's restrooms in buildings overseen by the state Department of Administration.
    — Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Sensenbrenner is a descendent of the founder of Kimberly-Clark, the company credited with inventing the sanitary napkin.
    — CBS News, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Or should the women just bring their bloody sanitary napkins into an emergency room so the hospitals — who are pinned with responsibility in the language of the legislation — can fashion a thumbtack-sized coffin?
    — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2019
  • DeWitt delivers snacks, sanitary napkins, bottled water, and other necessities to dozens of exhausted individuals and families waiting for their next ride, to anywhere but here.
    — Palabra, al, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Thanks to the anonymity of online shopping, more women are experimenting with alternative products like tampons and menstrual cups, and going beyond sanitary napkins, according to Flipkart.
    — Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India, 30 June 2019
  • Pennsylvania Pennsylvania has exempted sanitary napkins, tampons, or similar items used for feminine hygiene labeled under the umbrella of paper goods.
    — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 18 Oct. 2019
  • In a move similar to the one in California, the Illinois legislature passed a new law requiring all schools to provide feminine hygiene products such as tampons and sanitary napkins free in bathrooms of schools with grades 6 through 12.
    — Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2018
  • Defining 'feminine hygiene products' as tampons, panty liners, menstrual cups, sanitary napkins, and other similar tangible personal property designed for feminine hygiene in connection with the human menstrual cycle.
    — Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Centuries later, despite sanitary napkins existing before television was invented, advertisements of such items were banned from TV until 1972 in the United States.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025

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