constipate

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 William D. Granger

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

Ms Perea was 29 when she first visited her GP after feeling constipated and bloated.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025

Funnily enough, though, his “Napoleon” might have actually benefited from a bit more fuss, a lot more political-historical insight and a less constipated visual style.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

“Elliot has the personality of a constipated toad, and he struggles with remembering his manners.”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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

And cold constipating the parts seems to preserve everything in its natural state, and water especially.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch