continence

Example Sentences

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They had had a tick list of tasks to complete and often that was too long to include meaningful engagement, support with eating or unhurried continence care.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

At other times, staff failed to change continence aids regularly enough.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

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

But whatsoever he was himself, this we know for certain concerning him, that he left successors renowned for their continence, their love of God, and observance of monastic rules.

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert