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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

Such food as has a tendency to constipate the bowels, and such as will also enclose the glass and coat its sharp edges, is to be given.

From How to Care for the Insane A Manual for Nurses by Granger, William D.

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 Mitchell, John K.

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

He also says that in rare cases that enemas — not with coffee — are appropriate for patients who are severely constipated to provide temporary relief.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 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

"You could run into the extremes of eating too much, where if you're not drinking enough water to hydrate and exceed the amount of soluble and insoluble fiber, you can get constipated," Lee said.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026

Here are some of the ways to prevent a child from becoming constipated:

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025

He looks a little bit like a constipated weasel, but he really keeps the party moving.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

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

Since it has laxative properties, some manufacturers combine it with aluminum hydroxide, which is also antacid but, taken alone, is slightly constipating.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tea drinking has much the same effect as coffee drinking, except that it is decidedly constipating.

From Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency by Alsaker, R. L.