How to Use septum in a Sentence

septum

noun
  • This girl with the awesome septum ring, choker, and knee socks.
    — Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 13 July 2017
  • Glitz covered her lengthy talons, septum ring, and hoop earrings.
    — Devon Abelman, Allure, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Schroeder looks a bit like Jack Black with a septum ring.
    — Amogh Dimri, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026
  • This hole was in her septum, the wall that separates the left chambers from the right ones.
    — Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Pitts was left with a concussion and fractured septum (nose).
    — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Maysonet has also seen an increase in nose piercings, both on the nostril and the septum.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 6 Dec. 2021
  • In it, her daughter poses in a white top and septum piercing while letting her dark-red curls hang loose.
    — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Harvey also cut into the cardiac septum of a living dog, and showed that no blood spurted out through pores.
    — John J. Ross, WSJ, 24 July 2022
  • Among the plants is Pavonia septum, whose small yellow flower pleased Hudson’s eye.
    — Javier Pierini, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
  • Your Ex's New Boyfriend A 24-year-old with a septum piercing, huh?
    — Tyler Coates, Esquire, 30 June 2017
  • The actress's black stilettos and septum nose piercing further added an edge to her otherwise classic look.
    — Melody Leibner, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 June 2022
  • Paired with her septum ring and earrings, Erivo's brows look more like stunning pieces of jewelry than makeup.
    — Devon Abelman, Allure, 7 May 2018
  • Continue to draw a thin line down your septum (the part of your nose that separates your two nostrils) and halfway down to the middle of your lip.
    — Brooke Shunatona, Cosmopolitan, 30 June 2017
  • With her all-black getup, cowboy hat, and sparkly septum piercing, Musgraves was the image of a lovelorn singer.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Jaimi, the chill bisexual with a septum piercing from Nick's season, arrives to stir things up.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2017
  • The woman underwent surgery to remove the septum and extend her vaginal cavity.
    — Samantha Lauriello, Health.com, 15 July 2019
  • And some jewelry designers are offering septum and lip creations to ensure the public’s gaze doesn’t stray.
    — John Eligon Joao Silva, New York Times, 29 June 2023
  • The obstacle could be a deviated septum.
    — Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Twigs’s mastery of forms of movement, as well as her status as a fashion icon — with her septum ring, baby hairs and neo-gothic style — has at times outshone her music.
    — Emily J. Lordi Photographs By Liz Johnson Artur, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Snoring can also be caused by other less-serious conditions, such as nasal polyps, a crooked septum, the shape of your palate or tongue, or a cold or allergies.
    — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The woman in this case had a horizontal wall, known as a transverse vaginal septum (TVS).
    — Samantha Lauriello, Health.com, 15 July 2019
  • Abraham previously faced backlash from the mom shamers when Sophia got a septum piercing for her 13th birthday last year.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Florence Pugh is detailing her less-than-ideal experience of getting her septum pierced.
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 6 Dec. 2021
  • In the spring of 1983, Mike had surgery for a nasal septum reconstruction but never seemed to recover.
    — Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Nov. 2020
  • Your doctor must know how to make more space by either fixing your septum, which separates the left and right airways, or reducing the size of your turbinates, the structures on the side wall inside the nose.
    — Carlos Wolf, miamiherald, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Johnson underwent surgery to repair a deviated septum and remove the polyp, only a month before the Longhorns were supposed to open the season.
    — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Lowrie, who arrived at the A’s spring camp Saturday, says that the septum surgery and the removal of a cyst from his left foot have left him in better shape heading than he’s enjoyed in years.
    — John Hickey, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2017
  • When the septum is off-center or tilted to one side, it’s known as a deviated septum, which can cause nasal blockage, breathing difficulties, or persistent drainage.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
  • The Don't Worry Darling star accessorized the look with a pair of pink geometric earrings, a subtle septum ring and a pair of pink platform heels.
    — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 10 July 2022
  • Tahliah Debrett Barnett — is rocking her usual style, with earrings all the way up her ears, her septum piercing on display and a spider-web-like design on her face.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2022

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