How to Use enema in a Sentence

enema

noun

• The nurse gave the patient an enema.
• Treatment options like an enema, laxative, or manual removal of the stuck lump of stool can usually fully resolve it.
  — Cristina Mutchler, Health, 3 July 2024
• First things first: What is an enema, and why do people do them?
  — Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 8 Jan. 2018
• Coffee enemas have also been linked to at least two deaths.
  — Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 8 Jan. 2018
• It was usually smoked, ingested in the form of snuff, or used as an enema.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 14 June 2023
• The authors used an enema to administer all the poop transplants, a route the study notes would have the lowest rate of side effects.
  — Popular Science, 1 Nov. 2023
• My mum came up with this idea [of using enemas to stay hydrated].
  — Douglas Robertson, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024
• Patients don’t have to go through the full bowel cleanse prep, as an enema the day of the test is typically sufficient.
  — Theresa Sullivan Barger, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
• There was also a treatment calling for a coffee and herbal enema.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 16 June 2017
• Many of these customers also appreciate the enema and Sitz-bath features of the BB-2000.
  — Hannah Sherk, Health.com, 7 Sep. 2021
• Trying an enema before anal play can expel any waste from the rectum, but that's totally up to you, too.
  — Gigi Engle, Marie Claire, 25 Aug. 2017
• Among the treatments Messer allegedly prescribed were laetrile and three castor oil enemas per day for three months.
  — Christine Willmsen, The Seattle Times, 29 May 2017
• Rectal laxatives, on the other hand, are given as an enema and work much more quickly.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 13 Oct. 2022
• Leeches, enemas, and blistering—the deliberate raising of blisters on the skin—were part of the treatment.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
• Ways to empty the bowels include pills, drinking a laxative solution or the use of an enema the night before the procedure.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 6 Dec. 2022
• So it's usually smoked, ingested in the form of snuff, or used as an enema by those seeking the full hallucinogenic effect.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2022
• You may also be asked to fast for a period of time and use an enema to flush out anything that remains in your colon (which, honestly, may not even feel like it’s possible).
  — Rebecca Joy Stanborough, SELF, 7 Jan. 2022
• That said, there’s plenty of evidence that coffee enemas and colon cleanses in general can cause harm.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2018
• Too many enemas may stop you from having normal bowel movements.
  — sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• There is more fingertip-grazing in The World to Come, sandwiched between extreme hog-killing, a molasses-and-lard enema, and a blizzard of historic proportions.
  — Aaron Hicklin, Town & Country, 2 Mar. 2021
• To slow the process of decay, a turpentine-like solution was sometimes injected as an enema to dissolve the digestive tract.
  — George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2013
• More advanced cases may need to be treated with an enema or suppository, but this process is usually above the paygrade of the owner.
  — Michael Pollick, chicagotribune.com, 28 Feb. 2021
• If the enema didn’t reanimate the victim, a rescuer might try shaking the person vigorously, blood-letting, or even applying red-hot irons to the bottom of the feet.
  — Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2023
• John Doe claims a hospital staffer took a photograph of him receiving an enema and text messaged it to other employees.
  — Megan Cassidy, SFChronicle.com, 27 Jan. 2020
• Rebyota, a blend of donor stool, saline, and laxative solution given in a single treatment as an enema.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 2 Dec. 2022
• Some of the most promising research involves fecal transplantation — the introduction through colonoscopy, endoscopy or enema of a donor stool.
  — Fortune, 12 June 2018
• Messer then hired Lovage to work off her bill by cleaning the residential spa, serving soup to patients and presenting workshops on the enemas, according to her lawsuit.
  — Christine Willmsen, The Seattle Times, 29 May 2017
• Rachel had worried that that year of enemas would scar August forever, psychologically, and the many months of colostomy bags after that, but the boy had grown up well-adjusted, all things considered.
  — Camille Bordas, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
• Your doctor may also prescribe an enema, a rectal laxative that can spur bowel movements.
  — Cat Lafuente, Health.com, 9 Feb. 2022
• But other experts dispute those claims, saying that there's truly no need to give yourself a coffee enema or colonic literally ever.
  — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 12 Jan. 2018

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024