How to Use pregnant in a Sentence

pregnant

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  • There was a pregnant pause before the winner was announced.
  • She got pregnant soon after her marriage.
  • The pregnant woman was a week and a half past her due date.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The owner of the pregnant dog declined to fix her pet, too.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Ashley, who was 11 weeks pregnant at the time, said she was raped by a stranger in the yard of the family's home.
    — Rachel Scott, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Ashley Brandt and her sister-in-law were pregnant with twins at the same time.
    — Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 22 June 2023
  • Some of them were pregnant, some of them much different sizes and shapes.
    — Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024
  • For someone who is obese or pregnant, perform the thrusts around the chest instead of the abdomen.
    — Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 5 June 2023
  • Of the six cats that received the treatment, two mated with males, per the New York Times, but none became pregnant.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2023
  • Her family confirmed that Mooney was two months pregnant at the time of her death.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Experts say the vaccine will not harm a pregnant person or the fetus.
    — Claire Wolters, Verywell Health, 17 May 2023
  • Earlier in the podcast, the model had talked about getting pregnant for the third time, and how the couple felt about it.
    — Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The Abundant Birth Project started in June 2021 and plans to make a second round of grants to pregnant mothers this fall, the response says.
    — Ronnie Cohen | Kff Health News, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Lively appeared, visibly not pregnant, in a shot of the pair that evening.
    — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 31 May 2023
  • The same goes for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
    — Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Yet, resources to help these women who become pregnant can be hard to find.
    — NBC news, 31 May 2023
  • Miley Rose would likely die before birth, and the longer Phillips stayed pregnant, the worse her own health could become.
    — TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
  • However, the biggest shocker is at the end of the episode as Gabriel reveals to Emily that Camille is pregnant.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Many of her patients are pregnant and can’t afford to delay care.
    — Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Tatum’s wife, Summer, was five months pregnant with her first child – Everett.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 21 June 2023
  • In the years sows are pregnant, their teeth will grow a thick cementum layer from gaining so much weight.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Among cities and states that kept data in the United States, the most deaths occurred in young people ages 20 to 34, and pregnant people were the group most likely to die from the flu.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The vaccine tested in pregnant women is the same dose and structure as the one the company is testing for adults 60 and older.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 16 May 2023
  • Stewart’s wife is pregnant with their second child now.
    — Anna Furman, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2023
  • Eggs in the chicken coop need collecting; the vegetables need picking; a pair of 400-pound pregnant pigs need their medicine.
    — Chris Moody, Anchorage Daily News, 16 May 2023
  • Because of the danger to fetuses and newborns, pregnant women are a prime risk group.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • In the tradition of so many pregnant people before her, Sofia Richie Grainge has left the house in a pair of flip flops and an elasticated smock dress.
    — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Women who are pregnant or take birth control pills are also at a higher risk.
    — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 27 July 2023
  • Within eight weeks of being sold, Chae-ran became pregnant.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
  • In the sequel, Odom plays Victor Fielding, a man whose pregnant wife died 12 years earlier in a Haitian earthquake.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023

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