How to Use bedpan in a Sentence

bedpan

noun

• Would people drink apple juice if it was served in a brand-new bedpan?
  — New York Times, 27 Dec. 2021
• That all of it — the ancient text, the washed dish, the emptied bedpan — manifests love and death.
  — Bonnie Tsui, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2021
• The grotesquely racist patient who hurled bedpans at any caregiver of color who entered his room.
  — Corinne Purtill, Quartz at Work, 5 June 2019
• This kind of bedpan can also be used by patients who are not able to roll over or raise their hips high enough for a traditional bedpan.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
• Bedpan pros There are a number of benefits to using bedpans.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
• Some rehearse using a bedpan — placing it in the right spot, cleaning out the imaginary contents.
  — Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 30 June 2026
• The traditional bedpan might be too high for some individuals who are unable to raise their hips or roll over.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
• This teal hip fracture bedpan has an easy-grip handle on both the front and sides for more comfortable use for fracture and immobile patients.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
• This gray fracture bedpan is perfect for immobile patients and is contoured for the patient’s comfort.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
• Metcalf revels in the gallows humor of an eldercare companion who has emptied one too many bedpans.
  — Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• The affordable, latex-free bedpan is also durable, while being comfortable for the user with rounded edges.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
• This hospital-quality bedpan is super durable and easy to use, with a weight capacity of up to 220 pounds.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
• Photos showed Fike's bed and extreme filth surrounding it, including a bedpan with her bath water that was allegedly three weeks old.
  — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 7 May 2026
• The best bedpans This extra-large bedpan provides a nonstick surface that is easy to clean with everyday household cleaners.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
• The bedpan is inexpensive and lightweight, weighing only 8 ounces.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
• Ricky, 46, says he was routinely cursed and yelled at by an elderly client and has never been paid as much as minimum wage for changing bedpans and diapers, among other chores.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2023
• Seniors and other individuals are able to use the bedpan, either on their own or with the help of a caregiver, because the bedpan is easy to position and manipulate.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
• The new working class contains many of the traditional blue-collar occupations — truck driver, electrician, plumber — but by and large its members are more likely to wield mops than hammers, and bedpans rather than trowels.
  — Barbara Ehrenreich, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2017
• These bedpan products are specifically created for patients and individuals who are recovering from a hip fracture or hip replacement.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
• Eli, a 38-year-old patient with a chronic disease, described from his hospital bed how his roommate’s bedpan had overflowed on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, sending bloody urine all over the floor.
  — Sharon Otterman, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2023
• Tawse had decorated the hospital bedpans in red, white and blue tape, a small symbol of the excitement greeting 27-year-old Elizabeth as the new head of the royal family on the brink of a technicolor age.
  — Reuters, ABC News, 2 May 2023
• In the late 18th century, more than half of the population of the city of Williamsburg was Black, burdened with the firewood chopping, bedpan emptying, and farming that kept the capital of the colony of Virginia humming.
  — National Geographic, 26 Sep. 2020