How to Use womb in a Sentence

womb

noun
  • Not just the nine months in the womb, but all the rest of the years.
    — Beverly Beckham, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The pups were exposed to wild bird scent right out of the womb.
    — Steve Meyer | Alaska Outdoors, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Something seemed to turn in Adele’s womb.
    — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • My greatest fear was losing the child in my womb.
    — George Packer, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026
  • My mother’s womb has remained a closed book to me.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
  • About a dozen of them held large signs of tiny fetuses from the womb.
    — Brooke Park, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Mom, thanks for providing me with womb and board for all of these years!
    — Nicol Natale, Woman's Day, 3 Apr. 2019
  • Samuel lived for three hours out of the womb, and Strangfeld was able to hold her son.
    — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • No matter if that life is in the womb, or that life is in foster care.
    — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 30 Aug. 2022
  • That’s far more than the people who entered the state fresh from the womb.
    — oregonlive, 19 Nov. 2019
  • The plan was to keep the boys in the womb until the 33-week mark.
    — Nataly Keomoungkhoun, Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2021
  • For many bore the name of James; but this one was holy from his mother's womb.
    — Rebecca Coffey, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
  • So artificial wombs have been on the plan from day one.
    — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
  • The idea of a sterile womb has been around for more than a century.
    — Juanita Bawagan, Science | AAAS, 31 July 2019
  • And at some point in the womb, the embryo transitions to male.
    — Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Science has revealed more and more of what's going on in the womb.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 26 June 2022
  • The notion that embryos can wriggle around in the womb or egg isn’t new.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Even from the womb, Moses felt it then, the importance of the day.
    — Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
  • That’s when the fetus gets entangled in the womb and blood flow is cut off.
    — J.l. Kirven, The Indianapolis Star, 27 May 2021
  • The units, called Babyleos, mimic the attributes of the womb.
    — Lily Jackson | [email protected], al.com, 14 June 2019
  • Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
    — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
  • That baby needs a womb in which to spend the next 16 months before birth.
    — Ashley Braun, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2019
  • At thirty-eight, her womb was unfurling its first bloody fruit.
    — ‘pemi Aguda, Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
  • Once born, their babies were allowed to get used to life outside of the womb for a month.
    — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Leave nothing else on solid ground, the rest goes deep with you into the warm womb of the sea.
    — Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Miriam Aiki prayed for the fruit of the womb for thirteen years.
    — ‘pemi Aguda, Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
  • Eliminating a child in the womb is not fighting for the child.
    — Kristan Hawkins, National Review, 11 Dec. 2017
  • The bed resists public-facing things, hence its charge as a womb to tomb motif.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
  • After six months or so in the womb of the cave, Flamini succumbed to its rhythms.
    — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
  • LeFever's eggs were fertilized by a sperm donor and placed in Matthews' womb.
    — Ed White, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2021

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