constipate
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Dalia Lara often drives an hour from her Federal Way home to buy the only baby formula that doesn’t constipate her 3-month-old.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022
But they also entomb vast tracts of fertile soil, constipate rivers, choke habitats and – acting as a rock-hard second skin – desensitise us from what is happening outside our urban fortresses.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 25, 2019
I would rather add some nutritious food that won’t constipate her.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2017
Critics fret that the control freakery will now constipate Whitehall: “You couldn’t blow your nose without Nick or Fi knowing,” recalls one former colleague.
From Economist ● Aug. 4, 2016
Reduced iron can be given in very small dosage; sulphate of iron is cheap and useful in pill form: both of these have a tendency to constipate.
From A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them by Mrs. Leslie Williams
Very often I meet with women who cannot take iron, either because it disturbs the stomach, causes headache, or constipates, or else because they have been told never to take iron.
From Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria by John K. Mitchell
Caution.—If it causes oppression at the stomach, combine it with an aromatic; if it causes vomiting, give it in wine or soda water; if it purges, give opium; and if it constipates give rhubarb.
From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous
The process is more likely when food remains in the intestines for an extended period, even if a person does not feel noticeably constipated.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
“I was like, ‘You know, I don’t like you knowing that I’m constipated in the morning,’” Effrain says he told her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
The tycoon, played with constipated entitlement by Guy Pearce, has the pastiche name Harrison Lee Van Buren.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024
Increase your fiber intake gradually so your digestive system can adjust, and make sure you are also drinking enough water to avoid becoming constipated.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
After that he was constipated for seventeen months.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
I take a pain medication that is very constipating.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2018
But in addition to being uncomfortably constipating, it can be toxic, even deadly, to the heart.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2016
It is constipating, so he has to take daily stool softeners.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2010
In other sections of the South, some top their meals with a savory tablespoon of dirt, believing that it is "good for them," despite its constipating effects.
From Time Magazine Archive
Desired physiological influence of the foods upon the digestive tract, whether constipating or laxative in character.
From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Harry Snyder
