: of, relating to, or situated in or near the region of the pubes or the pubis
Examples of pubic in a Sentence
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Kwong’s secretary complained more than a decade ago that her boss would remark on the grooming of anesthetized patients’ pubic hair, The Times previously reported.
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Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
In West Africa, Igbo women were stereotyped as hairy in literature like Igbo Village Affairs with pubic hair in connection to pride.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 17 Aug. 2023
Any hair can turn gray, and that goes for pubic hair, too.
—Tracee Cornforth, Verywell Health, 1 Mar. 2024
At least for someone who once embedded her own pubic hair into a pair of sunglasses, pricing them at $666.
—Jessica Testa, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
As teenagers on TikTok begin to feel nostalgia about the past, when celebrities didn’t have stylists and actresses still had their naturally crooked teeth, could the return of pubic hair become this generation’s next cri de cour?
—Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2024
Moore boldly exposed her pubic hair in Robert Altman’s Short Cuts, but this angry, teary characterization reveals nothing.
—Armond White, National Review, 10 Jan. 2024
As Kathleen Hamilton, esthetician and corporate trainer at Woodhouse Spa, describes it, a Brazilian wax is a hair removal procedure that involves the complete removal of pubic hair.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2023
The comedy’s seventh go-around also boasts a number of exciting additions, including musician Megan Thee Stallion’s hormone monster, a pubic hair ditty courtesy of Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2023
Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
In West Africa, Igbo women were stereotyped as hairy in literature like Igbo Village Affairs with pubic hair in connection to pride.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 17 Aug. 2023
Any hair can turn gray, and that goes for pubic hair, too.
—Tracee Cornforth, Verywell Health, 1 Mar. 2024
At least for someone who once embedded her own pubic hair into a pair of sunglasses, pricing them at $666.
—Jessica Testa, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
As teenagers on TikTok begin to feel nostalgia about the past, when celebrities didn’t have stylists and actresses still had their naturally crooked teeth, could the return of pubic hair become this generation’s next cri de cour?
—Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2024
Moore boldly exposed her pubic hair in Robert Altman’s Short Cuts, but this angry, teary characterization reveals nothing.
—Armond White, National Review, 10 Jan. 2024
As Kathleen Hamilton, esthetician and corporate trainer at Woodhouse Spa, describes it, a Brazilian wax is a hair removal procedure that involves the complete removal of pubic hair.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2023
The comedy’s seventh go-around also boasts a number of exciting additions, including musician Megan Thee Stallion’s hormone monster, a pubic hair ditty courtesy of Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2023
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pubic
adjective
pu·bic
ˈpyü-bik 
: of, relating to, or located near the pubis
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