pregnant
Example Sentences
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Last year Mr. Kennedy claimed, with little evidence, that pregnant women should avoid Tylenol.
She was a 23-year-old medical student, newly married and pregnant for the first time.
During more than a decade of marriage, Mary Greeley was frequently pregnant, bore seven children, and suffered multiple miscarriages.
From Literature
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After the crash the pregnant woman had to undergo an emergency Caesarean section, leaving her premature baby in intensive care for a number of weeks, when she suffered two collapsed lungs.
From BBC
The emotional outpouring comes after Francesca realizes she’s not pregnant — a hopeful assumption that leads to a traumatizing and invasive examination.
From Los Angeles Times
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