How to Use fetus in a Sentence

fetus

noun
Definition of fetusnext
  • The uterus and round ligaments stretch as the fetus grows in the womb6.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 18 May 2022
  • In Byrn, the question was whether a fetus was a person and had the right to life.
    — Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Her body and the fetus of her unborn son washed ashore in April 2003.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Five of the people were pregnant, one of whom lost the fetus.
    — Sophie Reardon, CBS News, 6 July 2022
  • The doctor discovered the virus had passed to the fetus in utero.
    — Anne Thompson, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Alexander played a video that showed a womb with a fetus.
    — Summer Linstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
  • And then the picture of the aborted fetus kind of is the capper detail of the whole thing.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The video screened Tuesday appears to show a fetus with a face and limbs.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2022
  • But little is known about the impact of those drugs on a fetus.
    — Eshe Nelson Charlotte De La Fuente, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
  • But little is known about the impact of those drugs on a fetus.
    — Laura C. Morel, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Adding to Smith’s suffering was the fact that her body refused to give up the fetus.
    — Tamarra Kemsley, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 July 2022
  • 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
  • But doctors said her fetus had a heartbeat and that Crain was fine to leave.
    — ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The first fetus was found on a seat, the outlets reported.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024
  • Her fetus did not survive the crash and her 11-month-old son was also killed.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2022
  • But doctors said her six-month fetus had a heartbeat and that Crain was fine to leave.
    — Lizzie Presser and Kavitha Surana, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
  • When preeclampsia isn't controlled, the mother can seize and the fetus can die, Minkin says.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 22 July 2022
  • Other officers went to her home to search for the fetus.
    — Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • If the infection was in Crain’s uterus, the fetus would likely need to be removed with a surgery.
    — Lizzie Presser and Kavitha Surana, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The fetus she and her boyfriend had named Maeve wasn’t expected to survive.
    — Laura Ungar and Heather Hollingsworth, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Nov. 2022
  • One described a case in which the follow-up testing revealed the fetus was healthy.
    — New York Times, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Experts say the vaccine will not harm a pregnant person or the fetus.
    — Claire Wolters, Verywell Health, 17 May 2023
  • This shift in language made a significant change to the status of the fetus.
    — Susan M. Shaw, The Conversation, 17 June 2022
  • 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
  • Even then, the tiny fetus could be lost amid surrounding blood and tissue.
    — Lara Freidenfelds / Made By History, TIME, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Vets can count the fetuses with X-rays over 45 days of gestation.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 July 2024
  • At some point, the fetus in the womb has consciousness, and killing it leads to negative karma.
    — Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • About 24 to 48 hours after that, the woman takes misoprostol, which causes the uterus to contract and abort the fetus.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 10 May 2024
  • This is the idea that a human being exists from the moment of conception, granting the fetus the same legal rights as a person.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Feb. 2025

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'fetus.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: