How to Use speculum in a Sentence

speculum

noun
  • The speculum meant not touching with your hand, but with an object.
    — Daniela Blei, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Some said the doctor did not use a speculum or gloves during exams.
    — Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 May 2022
  • Once the speculum is in place, your doctor will use a swab to collect some cells from your cervix and send them to the lab.
    — Kara Wahlgren, Seventeen, 29 Jan. 2019
  • Once the speculum is in place, your doctor will use a swab to collect some cells from your cervix and send them to the lab.
    — Kara Wahlgren, Seventeen, 10 Apr. 2017
  • The presence of a white bar border on the speculum (found on drake mallards) varies from bird-to-bird.
    — Ryan Chelius, Outdoor Life, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Some women said the doctor did not use a speculum during exams.
    — Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The good news is that speculums come in several different lengths and widths.
    — Jessica Wakeman, SELF, 11 Jan. 2019
  • Ducks will not have their plumage yet, so the best way to identify blue-wings is by the blue and white speculum feathers on their wings.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2020
  • Specifically, by grabbing a mirror and speculum and viewing their cervixes for the first time.
    — Delfina V Barbiero, USA TODAY, 17 July 2019
  • With a speculum inserted, the gynecologist takes a sample of cells from your cervix using a small brush.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 19 July 2024
  • Seated with your legs in stirrups, like during a regular pelvic exam, your doctor will insert a speculum.
    — S. Nicole Lane, SELF, 17 Aug. 2017
  • Pap smears, on the other hand, use a metal or plastic device called a speculum to widen the vaginal canal so a clinician can swab the cervix for cells.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 5 Jan. 2026
  • After removing the speculum, your provider may do a digital (finger) pelvis exam.
    — Wendy Wisner, Health, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Because my gynecologist has mastered the art of warming the speculum.
    — Kristen Mulrooney, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Traditional speculums are metal or plastic and come in multiple sizes, and can be cold, noisy (clanging or clicking) and off-putting.
    — Wendy Naugle, USA Today, 5 June 2026
  • Both groups also say patients can be screened using Pap tests and speculum exam every three years or through using both methods every five years.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 4 Dec. 2025
  • This may be the first musical to incorporate into its stage directions the fondling of a medical speculum.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2017
  • Another wears a tiara created out of a speculum—a device Sims invented for vaginal exams.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 May 2022
  • Already nervous and trembling, Wood captures the terror and claustrophobia of having your head clamped in place and one eye pried open with a speculum.
    — Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 16 May 2025
  • But with an option like Teal on the table, many could potentially skip the in-office speculum screening altogether.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 9 May 2025
  • But there are so many more areas—mammograms, IUDs, tampons, speculums, and birth control pills, to name a few—that need an upgrade.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 31 May 2024
  • The classification attributed to this size speculum is a historic name and used industry-wide in and outside the UK.
    — Sophia Smith Galer, refinery29.com, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The classification attributed to this size speculum is an historic [sic] name and used industry-wide in and outside the UK.
    — Sophia Smith Galer, refinery29.com, 13 Apr. 2022
  • While the speculum is inserted, your doctor will use a soft brush or a flat scraping device to take samples for your Pap test and to test for certain STIs.
    — Kristin Canning, SELF, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The current speculum had not been updated in a century and a half, according to its creator, Malene Hegenberger.
    — CNN, 8 June 2021
  • Later, while helping to coordinate care for homeless women, Adams noticed the absence of even basic medical equipment such as a speculum.
    — Alison Bowen, chicagotribune.com, 28 May 2021
  • The change, experts hope, will encourage more women to undergo regular screening for the cancer by giving them an alternative to a speculum exam.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The company also noted that traditional exams may include people having to place their legs in medical stirrups, or doctors choosing to use speculums.
    — Sony Salzman, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2024
  • For critics in the medical community, the speculum compromised a woman’s morality.
    — Daniela Blei, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Frescoes illuminate women’s daily rituals like hairstyling, while objects like a speculum, forceps and children’s toys suggest the central role of motherhood.
    — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2025

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