How to Use pregnancy in a Sentence

pregnancy

noun
  • But the decision to terminate the dog’s pregnancy isn’t one your friend gets to make.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Levy says these versatile black leggings fit the bill and have been perfect for her as she’s neared the end of her pregnancy.
    Dana Leigh Smith, Glamour, 13 Nov. 2023
  • As many as 75 percent of pregnancies in this age range are unplanned.
    Rachel E. Gross, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2023
  • White rhino pregnancies last for a whopping 16 to 18 months.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • White rhino pregnancies last for a whopping 16 and 18 months.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Jessie James Decker is soaking up all the moments of this pregnancy.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Like many other moms, the cellulite from pregnancy is mainly in her thighs.
    Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The new law will replace the state’s previous law that allows abortions up to 15 weeks of pregnancy.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Your job is to get both through the pregnancy safely, but that’s not always possible.
    Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • This is her third pregnancy; the last two ended in miscarriage.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Each of Goldstein and Sack’s future pregnancies would have a 25% chance of having Tay Sachs disease.
    Ellen Matloff, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The two-drug regimen is used to end a pregnancy through 10 weeks gestation.
    CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Late into the third trimester of pregnancy, the couple learned their unborn son was in a breech position, with his head high and his bottom down.
    Amy Brittain, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Before the ruling, Texas banned abortions in 2021 beyond six weeks of pregnancy.
    Andy Rose, CNN, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Some doulas prefer to track a pregnancy this way and avoid internal exams.
    Melissa Mills, Parents, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Here's what to expect at various stages in your pregnancy.
    Robin Elise Weiss, Phd, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024
  • This vaccine is given between 32 and 36 weeks of pregnancy.
    Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Some online wondered whether the move was somehow a hint that Hailey could be pregnant, but pregnancy rumors are frequent for the Biebers.
    Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 15 Aug. 2023
  • It’s usually followed by misoprostol, a drug that causes the cervix to soften and dilate to help the body expel the pregnancy.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Even Cox, who is 59 years old, questioned the viability of the pregnancy –– if only for a moment.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Stay warm and toasty for two throughout pregnancy and postpartum.
    Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 23 Feb. 2024
  • When high heat, drought, or some other climate event hits and makes food scarce, female bears can’t gain enough weight for successful pregnancies.
    WIRED, 25 July 2023
  • Even so, the fact that her pregnancy led to a significant spike in online revenue is a revelation in and of itself.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 9 June 2023
  • Now that Halle Bailey has shared her newborn son with the world, the Little Mermaid star has been showing off some adorable content from her private pregnancy.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Britney also reveals that when Jamie Lynn got pregnant at age 16, she was not told by her family, and learned of her sister’s pregnancy through the tabloids.
    Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Current state law bans the procedure after 26 weeks of pregnancy.
    Laura Romero, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The drug blocks a hormone called progesterone that’s needed for a pregnancy to continue.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Several major health risks related to pregnancy act on a continuum, and the question is where to draw the line.
    The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2023
  • Following her fairytale wedding last year in the south of France, Sophia Richie Grainge has once again set the internet ablaze with her pregnancy announcement.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Advertisement Fernando Velázquez made a promise or manda (a vow to a saint) to the Virgin in 2018 when his partner had a high-risk pregnancy.
    Chantal Flores, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'pregnancy.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: