How to Use constipated in a Sentence

constipated

adjective
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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
  • Show us the view from the Ferris wheel at night, adolescent crushes at the snow-cone stand and the constipated faces of high-speed coaster riders.
    — Keith Axline, WIRED, 8 June 2011
  • So, what’s a pee-shy, constipated, or simply bored person to do?
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Some were bulbous and squat or sent out twisted arms or grew in tortured, constipated shapes.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Neat pic of me trying to look cool but just looking constipated instead.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Meanwhile, the owners of Snorri the constipated rabbit came to visit him.
    — Andy Newman, New York Times, 12 May 2017
  • The handy chart breaks down stool into seven types, ranging from Type 1, very constipated, to Type 7, diarrhea.
    — Leah Groth, Health.com, 4 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • Constipated fish should be put on a fast for a few days, and then routinely fed chopped, fibrous veggies like zucchini and carrots.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 16 Mar. 2017
  • Chidi is the most ethically constipated person in the world.
    — Elizabeth Angell, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2018
  • Indeed, toilet readers were less constipated than their non-reader peers.
    — Nick Haslam, Time, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Obviously men can be constipated too, but women are much more likely to be constipated than men.
    — Mary Allen, Allure, 6 Sep. 2017
  • 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
  • Migrants reported getting constipated because of a strict bologna sandwich diet.
    — CBS News, 2 July 2019

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