How to Use sex in a Sentence

sex

noun
  • More and more Jews of both sexes and all ages were packed in the barn.
    — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 2018-02-06
  • Christopher Kane is not put off by sex’s sorta-bad name.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 2018-09-26
  • Store staff advised her that the fitting area was open to both sexes.
    — cleveland, 2020-01-17
  • So why not simply launch a crew of small humans, sexes be damned?
    — National Geographic, 2019-06-17
  • This time the ad plays up the clothes’ quality and fit for both sexes.
    — Ray A. Smith, WSJ, 2018-03-05
  • Of course, people of all sexes and genders can use strap-ons.
    — Sophie Saint Thomas, SELF, 2019-03-02
  • Both sexes display a white wing patch in flight, and both fly with legs outstretched past their body.
    — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 2024-01-10
  • Liam is an Irish name that can be given to both sexes assigned at birth.
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 2023-07-19
  • Their ideal outcome would be short, and mostly equal wait times for both sexes.
    — Nick Stockton, WIRED, 2018-05-22
  • There may be a battle of the sexes about movies on Facebook, but not in our house.
    — Lisa Cianci, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2018-05-29
  • Both sexes are shiny and beautifully marked, but only males have the two horns.
    — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 2019-08-01
  • Patrons entered through the same door, stood in the same line and ordered from baristas of both sexes.
    — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 2020-01-15
  • Sikhs believe in one god and believe in equality among sexes.
    — Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, 2018-04-16
  • This blob at the Paris zoo has 720 sexes and can heal itself if it's cut in two.
    — Doug Criss, CNN, 2019-10-18
  • In some species, the females will stay with their natal group, while in others, both sexes leave to join or form new harems.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2023-06-01
  • Which isn’t to suggest that the development process is going to be the same for both sexes.
    — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 2018-06-13
  • Most espouse traditional views about the role of women and the sexes.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2024-03-01
  • How many of us in this room have colleagues, partners, friends from other races, sexes, religions?
    — Alexis Reliford, refinery29.com, 2020-02-24
  • Staff won't know the cubs' sexes until Echo has bonded with her cubs and staff can get a closer look safely.
    — Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian Magazine, 2020-04-09
  • For both sexes, smoking is most common among adults between the ages of 45 and 64.
    — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 2018-06-19
  • What looks like a fungus, acts like an animal and has almost 720 sexes?
    — Los Angeles Times, 2019-10-18
  • The monkeys have yet to be named, as Penning said their respective sexes are still unclear.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 2023-06-21
  • Although the finger ratio is usually smaller in men, the gap between the sexes is small.
    — Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 2019-06-06
  • The gynandromorph, as it is known, has a mixture of male and female genes and expresses traits from both sexes.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 2018-02-27
  • And the researchers found that, in each of these cases, the two copies had opposite expression levels in the two sexes.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 2018-02-23
  • Tennis will only come up to par when things like the Davis Cup, Laver cup etc. involve both sexes.
    — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 2019-07-31
  • The chest band is usually thicker in males during the breeding season and one way scientists tell the sexes apart.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2023-04-21
  • Which is why there’s a lot to learn from the adult film world, where performers are arguably the most adept at navigating sex’s social contract.
    — Rae Witte, GQ, 2018-03-29
  • First came the McDonogh free schools for the preliminary education of the young of both sexes.
    — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 2018-02-21
  • Prince William and Kate Middleton kept the sexes of all three of their children a secret until after they were born.
    — Kayleigh Roberts, Harper's BAZAAR, 2018-10-26

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