tampon

Example Sentences

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"I didn't know the difference between a pad and a tampon," she said.

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

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