How to Use intrauterine device in a Sentence

intrauterine device

noun

• An intrauterine device is a form of birth control implanted in the uterus, which some women find painful.
  — Sandra Rose Salathe, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
• But Spears said she hadn’t been allowed to remove an intrauterine device for birth control or even drive.
  — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 9 June 2022
• Some people are scared off by accounts of the pain involved with the insertion of an intrauterine device.
  — New York Times, 10 June 2021
• When Cheryl Dalton’s doctor tried to remove her intrauterine device, part of it became lodged in her uterus.
  — David Hogberg, Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2020
• Democrats said the broad language of the bill could also have been read as banning many forms of birth control including intrauterine devices and birth control pills.
  — Maria Clark, NOLA.com, 4 May 2018
• Democrats also pointed out the broad proposal could also be read as banning many forms of birth control including intrauterine devices and birth control pills.
  — Washington Post, 4 May 2018
• Public health advocates credit the broader use of long-acting birth control such as intrauterine devices with helping drive down these rates, though many factors are likely at play.
  — Janet Adamy, WSJ, 17 May 2018
• Hormonal intrauterine devices can stem bleeding by anywhere from 79% to 98%.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
• Methods include pills, patches, rings, injections and intrauterine devices.
  — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
• Methods include pills, patches, rings, injections and intrauterine devices.
  — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026
• Hormonal methods include the pill, implant, shot, ring, patch, and some intrauterine devices (IUDs).
  — Stephanie Booth, Health, 6 Apr. 2024
• An intrauterine device, or IUD, is a tiny device that is inserted into your uterus to prevent pregnancy.
  — Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
• When Zhou and his girlfriend inquired about getting a vasectomy, a doctor suggested that his girlfriend wear an intrauterine device.
  — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2021
• Notes by his colleagues show that caregivers had not tried a hormonal intrauterine device, or IUD, which can shorten periods.
  — Sarah Hurtes, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
• The group is training those doctors to meet growing demands for access to birth control, which includes intrauterine devices, or IUDs.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2024
• They're also recommended prior to certain procedures, such as the insertion of an intrauterine device for birth control.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2020
• Other options include the Ella pill and the copper intrauterine device, more widely known as an IUD.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 24 June 2022
• By comparison, fewer than 1 percent of intrauterine device (IUD) users will get pregnant in a year.
  — Sarah Sloat, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2024
• The demand for intrauterine devices, one of the longest-acting forms of birth control, was up fivefold at Planned Parenthood of Illinois.
  — Danielle Ofri, Slate Magazine, 19 Jan. 2017
• Birth control options for women with auras include progesterone-only birth control pills, the Depo-Provera shot, and intrauterine devices.
  — Danielle Wilhour, Fortune Well, 9 Aug. 2023
• Brooke Hamel, 19, recently went to get an intrauterine device inserted by a doctor recommended by her sister.
  — Los Angeles Times, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• Paragard is a copper intrauterine device (IUD) that can also be used as an emergency contraceptive.
  — Natasha Lavender, SELF, 8 Apr. 2019
• Doctors are starting to see the technology as another tool to combat labor pain and help ease discomfort during common procedures such as the insertion of an intrauterine device.
  — Rachel Metz, CNN, 8 Sep. 2019
• Spears had said in her June 23 speech that she was being compelled under the conservatorship to take certain medications and to use an intrauterine device for birth control against her will.
  — Andrew Dalton, chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2021
• Hormonal birth control, like an intrauterine device (IUD) or the pill, overrides the brain's signal to release the hormones that trigger a period.
  — Kasandra Brabaw, Health, 19 June 2024
• So that includes any form of hormonal birth control including the birth control pill, the ring, hormonal intrauterine device (or IUD), the patch, and the implant.
  — Heather Viggiani, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2022
• The share using the most effective form, long-acting reversible contraception (delivered through an intrauterine device or arm implant), rose fivefold to 15 percent.
  — Jason Deparle, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
• Spears said she had been required to use an intrauterine device for birth control, take medications against her will and was prevented from getting married, having another child or even riding in her boyfriend's car unsupervised.
  — CBS News, 31 Aug. 2021
• Indiana’s birth control bill was getting attention some weeks ago because a popular form of birth control - intrauterine devices or IUDs - was omitted from the bill.
  — Subramaniam Vincent, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• Forms of contraception include pills, patches, rings, injections and intrauterine devices (IUDs).
  — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026