How to Use tampon in a Sentence

tampon

noun
  • Thomas appeared to throw the tampon to the ground while the close friends laughed it off.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023
  • No one likes to get caught without a cup, tampon, or pad once the red tide sets in.
    — Priscilla Blossom, Glamour, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Here are some other tips on how to deal with the tampon shortage.
    — Sarah Madaus, SELF, 23 June 2022
  • Hiding a tampon up the sleeve on the way to the office bathroom.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 1 July 2021
  • There was a metal dispenser on the wall that gave you a choice of a tampon or a pad for ten cents.
    — Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • There’s a photograph in the same show of a woman pulling out a tampon.
    — Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Harlow is a frat bro with a tampon costume — fitting role for him.
    — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Instead of a slipper, though, this version was in need of a tampon.
    — EW.com, 16 Nov. 2021
  • In many lock-ups, women struggle to get basic needs like tampons and bras.
    — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 9 Dec. 2019
  • There’s no need to constantly change your tampons or pads throughout the day.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2025
  • This is where menstrual blood leaves your body, and where things like tampons enter.
    — Women's Health, 26 June 2023
  • The same goes for sanitary napkins, tampons, and fats or oils.
    — Mike Moffitt, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2020
  • Someone had the idea of using the money to stock up on tampons and pads for the bathroom.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • There is no state that levies any sort of product-specific excise tax on tampons.
    — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 11 Oct. 2023
  • For example, these women may hide a tampon or pad in their sleeve or bag on their way to the bathroom.
    — Laken Brooks, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Inside, there were more tampon wrappers and what looked like a blue lotion bottle.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Hadn’t there been a step-by-step tampon insertion diagram here, on this page?
    — Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Some of it's just access to equipment, knowing when to get a sports bra, knowing when to wear a tampon.
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Shout-out to all the tampon-commercial girlies; Cate Blanchett sees you.
    — Vulture, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Instead, doctors should ask more detailed questions about pad and tampon use.
    — al, 20 June 2022
  • Six-foot-four drag queens dancing on the bar in lingerie with tampon strings coming out of their bottom ends.
    — Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Almost all of them—79%—fashion a makeshift tampon or maxi pad out of toilet paper.
    — Chandra Bozelko, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Her tampon had been removed, and was laying beside her, but a rape kit came back negative.
    — Hannah Murphy Winter, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2022
  • On heavier days, period panties can also be paired with a tampon or pad to last longer throughout the day.
    — Nicole Crawford, Verywell Health, 15 Feb. 2023
  • That didn't sit right with us since, from the beginning, it's always been our value to take a stand against the tampon tax.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 18 Oct. 2023
  • This means 65 boxes of tampons have been donated to people in need.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Flushing tampons, meds, or even small toys can swell or tangle in your plumbing, causing big problems.
    — Mallory Carra, The Spruce, 24 June 2026
  • Fox 35 reported that the tampons were painted red and scattered across the lawn.
    — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Open packages of cigarettes, lipstick, lip balm or tampons.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 22 Dec. 2025
  • There were no showers, and if a woman got her period, she was given cotton balls rather than pads or tampons.
    — Valerie Hopkins Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 22 July 2023

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