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How to use menopause in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun, verb

Menopause means the period in a woman's life when menstruation becomes irregular and less frequent before eventually stopping altogether, usually accompanied by a range of unpleasant symptoms; the period spanning perimenopause up to postmenopause. Example: “The encounter soured Thomas's relationship with Jessa, who had founded the mobile payments company, with the chief executive eventually attributing the 51-year-old's behavior to the menopause, an employment tribunal was told.”

Examples of menopause by meaning

nounThe period in a woman's life when menstruation becomes irregular and less frequent before eventually stopping...

  • The encounter soured Thomas's relationship with Jessa, who had founded the mobile payments company, with the chief executive eventually attributing the 51-year-old's behavior to the menopause, an employment tribunal was told.2023 November 24, Jonathan Ames, “‘Menopausal’ director wins discrimination case over Bibimoney boss’s jibe”, in The Times of London
  • Maria Rooney, 52, claimed her anxiety and depression from the menopause meant she took extended periods of sick leave leading to her resignation.2023 November 29, Charles Hymas, “Menopausal female offenders could be spared jail under new sentencing guidelines”, in The Telegraph

More sentences with menopause

  • The only constant symptom of the radiotherapeutic menopause is the so-called 'hotflash.'1982, Stephen Hilgartner, Richard C. Bell, Rory O'Connor, Nukespeak: Nuclear Language, Visions, and Mindset, page 6. From the entry hotflash
  • Maybe he was going through male menopause.2021 July 28, Lynda Martin, Putting Love to the Test, Page Publishing Inc, →ISBN, →OCLC. From the entry succsex
  • She continued, “Beyond midlife crisis, John, and male menopause, whatever that is, is the desire to simply be a man.2017, DeMille, Nelson, author, The Gold Coast, →OCLC. From the entry surrogate activity
  • Until her courageous effort, Sheehy suggests, menopause was a word seldom uttered aloud, certainly not in mixed company.1992 May 14, Bettyann Kevles, book review, Los Angeles Times. From the entry menophobia
  • She attributes this silence to "menophobia," fear of menopause.1992 May 14, Bettyann Kevles, book review, Los Angeles Times. From the entry menophobia
  • For women the menopause can be quite upsetting.1961, Justin Pikunas, chapter 21, in Psychology of Human Development, New York: McGraw-Hill, page 279. From the entry disbalance
  • Menopause is existential dread; millenopause is a viral hashtag and a video of you taking your HRT out of a pastel-coloured subscription box.2024 February 1, Kat Rosenfield, “Millennials are rebranding the menopause”, in UnHerd, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2024. From the entry millenopause
  • The linear mixed model of follow-up data showed that lean mass, years since menopause, and age of menophania were the significant determinants of BMD of all sites.2015 September 4, “Associations of Bone Mineral Density with Lean Mass, Fat Mass, and Dietary Patterns in Postmenopausal Chinese Women: A…. From the entry menophania
  • Late menopause is a risk factor because of excess and prolonged oestrogen exposure and also the frequency of late anovulatory (oestrogenic) cycles and the presence of metropathia.2014, Jeffrey S. Tobias, Daniel Hochhauser, Cancer and its Management, page 332. From the entry metropathia
  • Researchers at eight locations across the United States plan to examine the safety and effectiveness of estrogen therapy during perimenopause, the few years just prior to menopause.2008 March 24, Robert Preidt, “Study to Assess Hormone Therapy Before Menopause”, in ABC News. From the entry perimenopause
  • When the menopausal woman was seen as holding her moonblood within her for greater power, menopause was not the trauma that modern society makes it today.1990, Diane Stein, Casting the circle: a women's book of ritual, page 72. From the entry moonblood

Meaning of menopause

  1. noun The period in a woman's life when menstruation becomes irregular and less frequent before eventually stopping altogether, usually accompanied by a range of unpleasant symptoms; the period spanning perimenopause up to postmenopause.
  2. noun The final menstrual period of a woman after which ovulation no longer occurs.
  3. verb To undergo menopause.

Full definition of menopause

Questions about menopause in a sentence

How do you use menopause in a sentence?
Menopause is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The encounter soured Thomas's relationship with Jessa, who had founded the mobile payments company, with the chief executive eventually attributing the 51-year-old's behavior to the menopause, an employment tribunal was told.”
What is a short sentence with menopause?
“Maybe he was going through male menopause.”
What does menopause mean?
Menopause means the period in a woman's life when menstruation becomes irregular and less frequent before eventually stopping altogether, usually accompanied by a range of unpleasant symptoms; the period spanning perimenopause up to postmenopause.

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