tampon

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024

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

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2024

Allusions to the royal family’s bloody colonial past, Charles and Camilla’s infamous tampon scandal and the family’s current woes, including the king’s recent cancer diagnosis, ran rampant.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

Lara's currently on one-to-one observations for her own safety, which means someone has to escort her to the toilet and watch her change a pad or tampon.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2023

Jules stepped away, class fell into its dull rhythm again, and when she returned, she slipped another tampon onto the desk in front of her and nobody said anything.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely