How to Use constipated in a Sentence
constipated
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Tiny, rock-like stool (or no stool at all) are signs that your dog is constipated.
—Marygrace Taylor, Good Housekeeping, 11 July 2018
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So, what’s a pee-shy, constipated, or simply bored person to do?
—Korin Miller, SELF, 15 Feb. 2018
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Neat pic of me trying to look cool but just looking constipated instead.
—Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 23 Sep. 2019
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Indeed, toilet readers were less constipated than their non-reader peers.
—Nick Haslam, Time, 12 Apr. 2018
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Many goldfish owners feed their pets pellets, but these snacks are low in fibre and can cause fish to become constipated, which in turn puts pressure on the swim bladder.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 16 Mar. 2017
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Obviously men can be constipated too, but women are much more likely to be constipated than men.
—Mary Allen, Allure, 6 Sep. 2017
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Migrants reported getting constipated because of a strict bologna sandwich diet.
—CBS News, 2 July 2019
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Hutchins administered the enema to the baby after asking her mother for permission because the child seemed constipated, police believe.
—Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 16 Apr. 2018
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