How to Use urethra in a Sentence

urethra

noun
  • Your urethra is that tube that runs from your bladder to where pee comes out of your body.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The man also didn't say how or why the tweezers wound up in his urethra.
    — Laura Dorwart, Health.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The prostate sits just below the bladder and wraps around the urethra.
    — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Wiping back to front may bring bacteria from the anal area to the urethra.
    — Joni Sweet, Health.com, 14 Jan. 2022
  • This originates in your urethra, the tube that allows urine to pass out of the body.
    — Alice Oglethorpe, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2020
  • The vas deferens are a pair of hardy tubes that pump sperm from the testes into the urethra.
    — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The opening through which urine passes, the urethra, is shorter than for a man.
    — Susan Degrane, chicagotribune.com, 7 Apr. 2021
  • This surface would someday form his new urethra, but first this tissue graft had to heal.
    — New York Times, 10 May 2022
  • These stones can cause discomfort, pain, and even blockage of the urethra.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
  • This surgery cuts the vas deferens, which are tubes that carry sperm from the testes to the urethra.
    — Claire Gillespie, Health, 19 June 2024
  • The bacteria can come from the skin or rectum and enter the urethra.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 June 2024
  • So that your urine can be released out of your body, the sphincter muscles around the urethra relax.
    — Jessica Migala, Health.com, 22 Feb. 2022
  • The urethra is a short tube that carries urine from the lower part of the bladder to the outside of the body.
    — Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 1 July 2024
  • Certain nerves and blood vessels have to be intact, along with the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body.
    — Author: Denise Grady, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Apr. 2018
  • For urine to flow, the bladder muscle must contract or squeeze while the outlet and urethra relax.
    — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
  • There may also be pain with urination and minor bleeding as the stone scrapes against the walls of the urethra.
    — Jay N. Yepuri, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Women tend to get these infections more than men because of their shorter urethras.
    — Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Your best course of action is to do as your urethra naturally wants to do when peeing, and chill out for a sec.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 25 June 2024
  • The lower urinary tract consists of your bladder and urethra—the tube through which urine exits the body.
    — Samantha Lauriello, Health, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Stage 4 is when the stone passes from the bladder into the urethra, the tube through which urine exits the body.
    — Jay N. Yepuri, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The consumed poultry winds up in a person’s gut and can get transferred through fecal residue to the urethra.
    — Matt Richtel, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2019
  • For Hall, a lesion in his urethra has left him dreading urinating.
    — Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 6 July 2022
  • In older women, the lining of the urethra may become thinned due to loss of estrogen.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 19 July 2021
  • This is a blockage in the duct that supplies sperm to the urethra during ejaculation.
    — Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 1 June 2023
  • Part of a transurethral resection involves inserting a scope — a tube with a camera at the end — through the urethra.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Most involve the lower urinary tract, composed of the bladder and urethra (the tube through which urine exits the body).
    — Cordelia Nwankwo, Verywell Health, 24 Mar. 2025
  • All this time, sphincter muscles in the pelvic floor that surround the urethra are keeping your bladder from leaking all over the place.
    — Kasandra Brabaw, Health.com, 25 Aug. 2020
  • At the bottom is a narrow region called the bladder neck, which opens into the urethra – the tube that carries urine out of the body.
    — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Childbirth can also affect the muscles and nerves that control your bladder and urethra (the tube through which pee leaves your body).
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 18 Sep. 2019
  • This stimulation makes the Skene's gland fill with fluid, which is then expressed through the urethra.
    — Erika W. Smith, refinery29.com, 3 Apr. 2024

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