Used in a Sentence

ovaries

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for ovaries.

Editorial note

No so-called sex-change has ever begged for a uterus-and-ovaries transplant; if uterus-and-ovaries transplants were made mandatory for wannabe women they would disappear overnight.

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Quick take

(humorous) Synonym of balls (“courage”) (said of women)

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of ovaries gathered in one view.

noun

(humorous) Synonym of balls (“courage”) (said of women)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ovaries.

noun

(humorous) Synonym of balls (“courage”) (said of women)

Example sentences

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No so-called sex-change has ever begged for a uterus-and-ovaries transplant; if uterus-and-ovaries transplants were made mandatory for wannabe women they would disappear overnight.

2

Meanwhile, sunlight and estrogen are known carcinogens, but we don't hide in dark caves and cut out ovaries.

3

Which makes it sound like eggs from her ovaries were used for the IVF.

4

It will simply continue as long as our brains are still subjected to the mind-altering chemicals that testicles and ovaries typically produce.

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So perhaps the tissue of the ovaries are from one chimera-twin and the germline cells and the eggs from the other one.

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So they're blocking reasonable stuff today, tomorrow they want to block all women not wearing burkhas or depictions of women damaging their ovaries by driving.

7

Here's the portion explaining that: The identity of the couple in Sweden has not been released, but it is known the mother still had functioning ovaries.

8

I do not believe society's treatment of women caused them to develop ovaries.

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In any case, if you want a closer example, 1 in 3 women in the US does an hysterectomy, the vast majority including removal of the ovaries.

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For women I think it would be taking uterus and ovaries out.

11

I assume a lot of women would want to wait until after they were done having children (particularly since ovaries would also be removed).

12

Suspecting ovarian cancer, she debated having her ovaries removed, but couldn’t get a second opinion because Myriad held a patent on the mutated gene that she developed.<< What!

Quote examples

1

By the way, "sexual policing" comes from sexual competition and evolutionary psychology, which comes from thinking with your ovaries instead of your brain.

2

The current best methods for prevention are using the contraceptive pill, removing the Fallopian tubes (50% of "ovarian cancers" are probably tubal), and removing the tubes and ovaries of people in high-risk families after childbearing.

Proper noun examples

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Ovaries are overstimulated to produce more than one egg.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use ovaries in a sentence?

No so-called sex-change has ever begged for a uterus-and-ovaries transplant; if uterus-and-ovaries transplants were made mandatory for wannabe women they would disappear overnight.

What does ovaries mean?

(humorous) Synonym of balls (“courage”) (said of women)

What part of speech is ovaries?

ovaries is commonly used as noun.