continence

Example Sentences

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The brain’s ability to regulate bodily functions, like swallowing and continence, erodes.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025

She said children's continence care "has been a silent casualty of chronic underfunding and reactive healthcare".

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

Holly was not referred for further treatment for Ayda or told about children's continence services that could help.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

Any chance Sally or Ed has anxiety, digestive or continence issues, hearing loss …?

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2023

They married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they maintained, of Abel, and attempted to keep up the sect by adopting the children of others.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various