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
She said children were being failed in areas where there was no dedicated children's continence service.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025
Any chance Sally or Ed has anxiety, digestive or continence issues, hearing loss …?
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2023
After this, he advised such to maintain a long silence, that he might observe how far they were disposed towards continence in speech, and that most difficult of all victories—the victory over the tongue.
From Tablets by Amos Bronson Alcott
