continence

Example Sentences

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The brain’s ability to regulate bodily functions, like swallowing and continence, erodes.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025

Any chance Sally or Ed has anxiety, digestive or continence issues, hearing loss …?

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2023

Bessie should have been referred to the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust's continence team but never was.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2022

Unknown to her daughters, the hospital had also placed her in continence pads.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2022

Here we strike the bell that closes this political sermon, during which Victor, despite his Socratic continence and moderation, made all these wild heads friends of his own.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul