incontinent

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Recent Examples of incontinent Because this is an adult show, there are jokes about the burglars being incontinent and using walkers. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 17 Dec. 2024 Next on the agenda, Your Grace would like to see Grover Tully, Lord of Riverrun, bend the knee to Rhaenyra (though presumably, this will be a metaphorical knee as Grover is understood to be somewhat mentally incapacitated and definitely incontinent). Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 June 2024 In a blunter mode, the romance novelist Jilly Cooper once named an incontinent goat for a reviewer who had savaged her work. Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023 After starting this treatment, the sanctuary determined that the kitten was incontinent. Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for incontinent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incontinent
Adjective
  • The European Space Agency is monitoring Cosmos 482's uncontrolled descent.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 11 May 2025
  • Topline The remains of a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1972 made an uncontrolled descent into the Indian Ocean on May 10, 2025.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
Adjective
  • Youngest brother Dante is reckless and indebted to dangerous criminals.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • On Sunday, officers arrested the suspect in South San Francisco and booked him into San Mateo County jail on charges of hit-and-run causing injury and reckless evading.
    Jason Green, Mercury News, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • Blaming heated and even intemperate words for the violent actions of madmen invites censorship and deflects responsibility from those who actually commit violent acts.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 20 July 2024
  • The shooting unfolded just as Biden was attempting to focus his campaign even more sharply on criticizing Trump, including for his intemperate rhetoric and divisive message, as an effort to move the conversation beyond his performance in the June 27 presidential debate.
    Tyler Pager, Washington Post, 14 July 2024

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“Incontinent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incontinent. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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