tampon

Example Sentences

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Young women say they were taught how to open a bank account in school, but not how to change a tampon or spot signs of cancer.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

I got my period and asked a woman in the train station for a tampon.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024

A consumer study published in 2022 by the watchdog group Mamavation in partnership with Environmental Health News found that 22% of the 23 lab-tested tampon brands contained indications of PFAS.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024

It's childish and weird to act like even looking at a tampon box will emasculate you.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2024

Never have tampon strings seemed so beautiful as they rolled up and down with the wind, landing on the ground and then twirling and floating up again, falling and rising and falling and rising.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green