How to Use tampon in a Sentence

tampon

noun
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  • Thomas appeared to throw the tampon to the ground while the close friends laughed it off.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Walking off the tee, Woods put a tampon in Thomas’ hand.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Hiding a tampon up the sleeve on the way to the office bathroom.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 1 July 2021
  • No one likes to get caught without a cup, tampon, or pad once the red tide sets in.
    — Priscilla Blossom, Glamour, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Someone had the idea of using the money to stock up on tampons and pads for the bathroom.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • There’s a photograph in the same show of a woman pulling out a tampon.
    — Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Here are some other tips on how to deal with the tampon shortage.
    — Sarah Madaus, SELF, 23 June 2022
  • Shout-out to all the tampon-commercial girlies; Cate Blanchett sees you.
    — Vulture, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Instead of a slipper, though, this version was in need of a tampon.
    — EW.com, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Amy Schumer was dressed in a tampon costume for Halloween.
    — Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Some of it's just access to equipment, knowing when to get a sports bra, knowing when to wear a tampon.
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • That didn't sit right with us since, from the beginning, it's always been our value to take a stand against the tampon tax.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The same goes for sanitary napkins, tampons, and fats or oils.
    — Mike Moffitt, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2020
  • In many lock-ups, women struggle to get basic needs like tampons and bras.
    — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Almost all of them—79%—fashion a makeshift tampon or maxi pad out of toilet paper.
    — Chandra Bozelko, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2020
  • For example, these women may hide a tampon or pad in their sleeve or bag on their way to the bathroom.
    — Laken Brooks, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Harlow is a frat bro with a tampon costume — fitting role for him.
    — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Left on the cutting room floor was poor Tampoodle — a dog with a tampon for a body, a cotton ball for a head and Q-tips for feet.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 24 June 2022
  • In the video Miller posted as part of her brand deal with Tampax, Miller portrays her mom teaching her how to use a tampon for the first time.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2022
  • As the two walked up the fairway, Woods walked by him and slid a tampon in his hand, which Thomas hastily threw down before the duo started laughing.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 18 Feb. 2023
  • This is where menstrual blood leaves your body, and where things like tampons enter.
    — Women's Health, 26 June 2023
  • On heavier days, period panties can also be paired with a tampon or pad to last longer throughout the day.
    — Nicole Crawford, Verywell Health, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Though several bills to end the tampon tax were introduced in the Legislature in the past five years, none of those bills made it to a floor vote.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2021
  • After the criticism, Mulvaney made a video about handing out all the tampons.
    — Amy Delaura, Washington Examiner, 15 Apr. 2023
  • This means 65 boxes of tampons have been donated to people in need.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
  • In its bid to lure workers to one of the country’s most important tampon plants, the company has been raising wages for months.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2022
  • There is no state that levies any sort of product-specific excise tax on tampons.
    — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The law also required schools to put free pads and tampons in women’s and gender-neutral bathrooms.
    — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
  • Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle filed bills to eliminate the sales tax on period products like tampons and pads.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Open packages of cigarettes, lipstick, lip balm or tampons.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024

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