How to Use bladder in a Sentence

bladder

noun
  • Of course prior to the show the schedule leaked like an old drunk with a bladder condition.
    Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2021
  • When empty, the bladder and shower hose roll into a tidy, eight-inch-long baton.
    Kelly Bastone, Outside Online, 22 May 2021
  • In more recent years he was treated for bladder cancer and underwent back surgery.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Your pelvic floor is crucial for controlling your bladder and bowel movements.
    Griffin Wynne, SELF, 11 May 2021
  • Instead, the fuel is stored on a bladder on top of the fuselage, part of the aircraft’s singular design.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 13 May 2021
  • In this stage, the cancer has spread to other organs such as the rectum (lowest part of the large intestine), bladder, lymph nodes, or lungs.
    Heidi Cope, Health, 20 Oct. 2024
  • The pelvic floor is essentially a hammock of muscles which supports the organs in your pelvis: the bladder, bowel and uterus (or prostate).
    Sarah Graham, refinery29.com, 21 May 2021
  • Those include bladder infections or infections affecting the ears, nose and throat.
    Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Peonies also have been used in European herbal medicine as a remedy for bladder and kidney problems.
    Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2021
  • Doctors removed her gall bladder, suspecting that was the issue, but the infections continued.
    Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2021
  • Carrying a lot of body weight is one of the risk factors for developing gallstones (masses of cholesterol, bile and calcium salts that build up in the gall bladder, causing severe pain).
    Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, 19 May 2021
  • Bliss, who specializes in bowel and bladder health research, was aware of similar maps in Australia and the United Kingdom.
    Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 19 May 2021
  • Endometriosis is a condition in which the endometrial tissue that forms the lining of the uterus migrates to other body parts, such as the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and bladder.
    Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 6 May 2021
  • The bladder fits snugly in the bottom of the frame bag near the bottom bracket.
    James Lynch, Outside Online, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The bladder and the brain The bladder has two main jobs: to safely store urine and to empty it out.
    Jennifer Ahn, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2023
  • These stones can become lodged in the ureter, the tube connecting the kidney to the bladder.
    Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
  • No, not the Capri Sun-like Franzia wine that comes in a plastic bladder inside a box.
    Julian Mark, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022
  • For tennis, mid-cut heights were the norm, which wouldn’t fit the bladder design.
    Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • On the flip side, senior dogs cannot hold their bladder as long as younger dogs.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 24 July 2022
  • The bladder accounts for about 0.8 to 1 millimeter of that.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Gently poke around to find the bladder, or piss sack, as it may be called at your deep camp, too.
    Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Stage 4 is when the stone passes from the bladder into the urethra, the tube through which urine exits the body.
    Jay N. Yepuri, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Last month, Martinez woke up on the couch in severe pain from a swollen bladder.
    Patrick Lohmann, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Your urethra is that tube that runs from your bladder to where pee comes out of your body.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The pelvic floor muscles, which support your bladder, bowel, and uterus, are at the bottom of the core.
    Anne Harding, Health, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Don’t be afraid to try one of those backpacks with a water bladder.
    Washington Post, 23 June 2021
  • These muscles support the bladder and bowel, as well as the uterus.
    Kristina Behr, Parents, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The two laughed when Toppin told Teske that her bladder was full and had pushed the uterus away from its usual spot.
    Sadia Rafiquddin, STAT, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The cause of death was bladder cancer, said his wife Rhoda.
    Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2021
  • When the bladders are inflated, the wearer will float face up.
    Ben Romans, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2023

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