menstruate
verb (used without object)
to undergo menstruation.
menstruated
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past participleof menstruate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof menstruate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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When Prof Gravholt asked her why she didn’t consult a doctor about not getting periods, she said there was another older woman in her family who never menstruated - so she thought it wasn’t abnormal.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2024
Previously, there have been reports of people who menstruated, or used to menstruate, experiencing unexpected changes to their cycles after being given their shots.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2022
Some postmenopausal women who hadn’t had a period in years even said they had menstruated again.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2022
A woman is considered to have completed menopause if she has not menstruated in a full year.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
A case is on record of an infant who menstruated at the age of six months, and whose menses returned on the twenty-eighth day exactly.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
