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

Reduced iron can be given in very small dosage; sulphate of iron is cheap and useful in pill form: both of these have a tendency to constipate.

From A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them by Williams, Mrs. Leslie

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 Mitchell, John K.

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

“I was like, ‘You know, I don’t like you knowing that I’m constipated in the morning,’” Effrain says he told her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

"You could run into the extremes of eating too much, where if you're not drinking enough water to hydrate and exceed the amount of soluble and insoluble fiber, you can get constipated," Lee said.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026

Here are some of the ways to prevent a child from becoming constipated:

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025

“It taught you to be a lot less constipated about having a bad idea or being made fun of,” he said of his time at Esquire.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025

Since we are on the subject, I became as constipated as Richard Parker.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

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

Since it has laxative properties, some manufacturers combine it with aluminum hydroxide, which is also antacid but, taken alone, is slightly constipating.

From Time Magazine Archive

Take daily exercise, as much as possible short of fatigue; if necessarily confined indoors, counteract the constipating influence of sedentary habits by kneading and percussing the bowels with the hands several minutes each day; 5.

From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey