defecation

Example Sentences

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There are always tales of rampant public defecation and they can't stop talking about it.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2023

It’s in our bodies: our lung tissue, our blood and in the dark, tarry first defecation of newborns.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2023

Instead they have a single orifice called a cloaca that is used for defecation as well as reproduction in both males and females.

From Scientific American • Feb. 16, 2023

In 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that 100% of India's villages had declared themselves free of open defecation after a massive toilet-building programme by his government.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2023

The toilet was a covered pail; I don’t care how strong you are, you can’t stand having to smell a whole cell row of defecation.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey