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incontinent

[in-kon-tn-uhnt] / ɪnˈkɒn tn ənt /


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Incontinent, choking out guttural noises between painful rasps, he could be any terminal patient.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2023

Incontinent, the elder man needed help in the restroom changing his pants.

From Washington Times • Jan. 2, 2016

Incontinent ran Roger to fetch his bascinet the which Beltane slowly fitted on above his hood of mail, and thereafter, albeit unwillingly, fronted this doughty knight, foot to foot and point to point.

From Beltane the Smith by Farnol, Jeffery

Mr Stevenson reads, “Of Melyhalt the lady to hyme maid Incontinent his couche, and gart he1 had,” etc. i.e.

From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)

But when, untaught In craft, the mourners raised the untimely dirge, Lo! otherwhere himself would swift emerge Incontinent, and crisp his tasselled ears; And, all vivacious, own the sounding cheers.

From Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses by Kendall, John (AKA Dum-Dum)




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