menstruate
verb
men·stru·ate
ˈmen(t)-strü-ˌwāt 
ˈmen-ˌstrāt
menstruated; menstruating
: to undergo menstruation
Examples of menstruate in a Sentence
She began menstruating at the age of 12.
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After all, 90% of menstruating people experience period pain.
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Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2025
To help prepare for every situation, menstruating people can keep a little pouch in their backpack with a clean pair of underwear, a couple extra pads, and a pair of pants as an emergency kit.
—Ellen Sturm Niz, Parents, 22 Apr. 2025
For younger women who are menstruating and women who are living through the reproductive years before and during pregnancy, nutrients like folate, iron, and vitamin B12 are especially important.
—Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 18 Apr. 2025
King explains that for much of Christian history menstruating women were not allowed into religious spaces; at some modern-day Coptic Orthodox churches, they are still forbidden from taking communion.
—S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
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Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2025
To help prepare for every situation, menstruating people can keep a little pouch in their backpack with a clean pair of underwear, a couple extra pads, and a pair of pants as an emergency kit.
—Ellen Sturm Niz, Parents, 22 Apr. 2025
For younger women who are menstruating and women who are living through the reproductive years before and during pregnancy, nutrients like folate, iron, and vitamin B12 are especially important.
—Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 18 Apr. 2025
King explains that for much of Christian history menstruating women were not allowed into religious spaces; at some modern-day Coptic Orthodox churches, they are still forbidden from taking communion.
—S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for menstruate
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“Menstruate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/menstruate. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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menstruate
verb
men·stru·ate
ˈmen(t)-strə-ˌwāt
ˈmen-ˌstrāt
: to undergo menstruation
Medical Definition
menstruate
intransitive verb
men·stru·ate
ˈmen(t)-strə-ˌwāt, ˈmen-ˌstrāt
menstruated; menstruating
: to undergo menstruation
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