Example Sentences

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By not circumcising my son, have I made a horrible mistake?

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2019

In 2012, the American Academy of Pediatrics declared that the benefits of circumcising boys outweighed the risks of the procedure.

From New York Times • May 9, 2016

They go to that area to escape the law and after circumcising their children, they bring them back.

From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2015

Advocates say that in recent years doctors have begun making clandestine visits to villages, arriving at night and often under the guise of circumcising boys.

From Newsweek • Mar. 17, 2015

"And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, they called his name Jesus."

From Bertha and Her Baptism by Adams, Nehemiah