incontinent
Example Sentences
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He fell into a coma, became incontinent and quadriplegic.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
Unfortunately, my mum's incontinent so she was left lying in her own urine.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025
Janette, 67, who was a former carer herself, has dementia and is doubly incontinent.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025
Competent lawyers absolutely would not put him on the stand anyway — the man is emotionally incontinent and too proud of his crimes to avoid confessing.
From Salon • Nov. 16, 2023
If your aged parents have grown tiresome or incontinent, you put them away where others will deal with their dirty diapers and dementia.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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