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

When treating the prostate gland, for example, medics want to avoid damage to the nearby bladder or rectum, which could leave patients with lifelong continence issues.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2023

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

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2023

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

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2022

No immorality is attributed to them; nay, the severest continence was prescribed by them, even in marriage; the only generation of children permitted was spiritual, through conversion, while homicide, lying, and oaths were strictly forbidden.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles