constipate

Example Sentences

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“It’s a cool time for constipated patients, because there are a lot of options.”

From Seattle Times

If someone is constipated, “it is not because they have a deficiency of coffee,” she said.

From New York Times

Its founders chose, at the moment of inception, to be intellectually dishonest — which, I would further argue, is in keeping with their purposively constipated "originalist/textualist" approach.

From Salon

In the ninth season, for instance, Black mentions to a baffled David the many things he’s done while constipated, including running a 5K race, winning a hot dog-eating contest and shooting an adult film.

From Washington Post

But whatever the reasons, we’re set for a game of contrasts, Arsenal deploying a patient, lightly constipated approach, while Palace look to keep it loose.

From The Guardian