How to Use fetus in a Sentence

fetus

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  • The fetus had two holes in his heart, no nose bone and his brain had not developed.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Other officers went to her home to search for the fetus.
    — Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Experts say the vaccine will not harm a pregnant person or the fetus.
    — Claire Wolters, Verywell Health, 17 May 2023
  • He’s shown on the floor in the fetus position and the camera patiently closes up on the creases of his neck and hands.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The procedure aborts one of the two pregnancies to give the other fetus the best chance at survival.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 19 July 2023
  • That left Hollis with a difficult choice: end the pregnancy or risk her own death and the fetus’.
    — Jasmine Cui, NBC News, 22 June 2023
  • Pauley then instructed Scott to cold pack the fetus and send it via overnight shipment to him, the indictment said.
    — Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Few Americans relish the thought of ending the life of an embryo or fetus.
    — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Leave it to Anne Rice to give you the story of a demon inhabiting the unborn fetus of his witch lover.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 26 Feb. 2023
  • And Ramona is supposed to be a fetus, albeit a wiser one.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Doctors have repaired a malformation in the brain of a 34-week-old fetus.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 4 May 2023
  • Sometimes, stents are also used to drain extra fluid from the fetus' chest.
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Cook delivered the fetus alone in the bathroom of a hair salon, hearing her daughter hit the toilet.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2023
  • This could mean the fetus receives less oxygen and not as many nutrients, according to the NIH.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
  • There are exceptions if a mother's life is in danger or the fetus cannot survive.
    — CBS News, 14 May 2023
  • At home, Watts delivered a roughly 15-ounce fetus over the toilet, records show.
    — Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Two days later, Watts delivered the fetus at home over a toilet.
    — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The fetus’s heart had stopped beating but the doctors moved her into the delivery room anyway.
    — TIME, 13 Oct. 2023
  • An amniotic fluid leak increased the risk of infection in both the fetus and the mother, the suit states.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2023
  • An infection in the fetus, the placenta or the pregnant person.
    — Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica, 3 May 2023
  • Brandt needed to abort the unviable fetus in order to increase the other twin’s chance of survival.
    — Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 22 June 2023
  • Grall’s bill allowed people to receive damages for wrongful death regardless of the age of the fetus.
    — Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Because of the danger to fetuses and newborns, pregnant women are a prime risk group.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Judy got pregnant three times, but in each case the fetus implanted in one of her fallopian tubes.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The only people who knew were the medical team and the surrogate, who watched episodes of The Simple Life while pregnant so that the fetus would get used to the sound of his mother’s voice.
    — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Even the dissent concedes that human embryos and fetuses in the womb fall under the protection of the statute — and had done so well before Dobbs.
    — The Editors, National Review, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Doctors performed an ultrasound that showed the fetus still had a heartbeat.
    — TIME, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Abortions are also allowed if a fetus has a lethal anomaly.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 30 June 2023
  • Texas' bans are supposed to allow abortions when the fetus is expected to die and when the pregnant person's health is in danger.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 8 Mar. 2023
  • She is shown only as an unborn fetus; in a flash-forward, she’s portrayed as Anya Taylor-Joy.
    — Lucas Trevor, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024

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