incontinent
Example Sentences
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He fell into a coma, became incontinent and quadriplegic.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
"I was getting incontinent, so I needed to go to the toilet a lot, like every like five minutes, sometimes even like less than that," Wesley said.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025
If you’ve ever tried to wrangle a hissing, scratching, flailing, selectively incontinent beast into a cat carrier, you’ll appreciate the way Amy Attas practices veterinary medicine: She makes house calls.
From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024
Susan can no longer have a conversation, use cutlery and is incontinent.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2024
When Khubchand, his beloved, blind, bald, incontinent seventeen-year-old mongrel decided to stage a miserable, long- drawn-out death, Estha nursed him through his final ordeal as though his own life somehow depended on it.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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