constipate

Dalia Lara often drives an hour from her Federal Way home to buy the only baby formula that doesn’t constipate her 3-month-old.

From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022

But they also entomb vast tracts of fertile soil, constipate rivers, choke habitats and – acting as a rock-hard second skin – desensitise us from what is happening outside our urban fortresses.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 25, 2019

I would rather add some nutritious food that won’t constipate her.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2017

Critics fret that the control freakery will now constipate Whitehall: “You couldn’t blow your nose without Nick or Fi knowing,” recalls one former colleague.

From Economist ● Aug. 4, 2016

Whatever tends to constipate the bowels may be reckoned a predisposing cause.

From A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. by Ambrose Blacklock

Very often I meet with women who cannot take iron, either because it disturbs the stomach, causes headache, or constipates, or else because they have been told never to take iron.

From Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria by John K. Mitchell

Caution.—If it causes oppression at the stomach, combine it with an aromatic; if it causes vomiting, give it in wine or soda water; if it purges, give opium; and if it constipates give rhubarb.

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous

The process is more likely when food remains in the intestines for an extended period, even if a person does not feel noticeably constipated.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

When Leonidas was just a month old, he was fussy and often constipated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

Lou is stuck and emotionally constipated, and needs to act and basically can’t, won’t, whatever.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

Elijah was healthy when he was sent home from hospital but was lethargic and severely constipated, which was initially thought to be jaundice.

From BBC ● May 14, 2023

I started grunting like I was constipated or something, just to draw attention.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds

I take a pain medication that is very constipating.

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2018

But in addition to being uncomfortably constipating, it can be toxic, even deadly, to the heart.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2016

It is constipating, so he has to take daily stool softeners.

From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2010

In other sections of the South, some top their meals with a savory tablespoon of dirt, believing that it is "good for them," despite its constipating effects.

From Time Magazine Archive

What is therefore taken in this situation should be neither relaxing, constipating, nor heating; it should possess a genial warmth, a cordial assistant, and a restorative nutriment.

From A Treatise on Foreign Teas Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves by Hugh Smith