incontinent
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A moment of heightened perception comes halfway through the book when David becomes incontinent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
He fell into a coma, became incontinent and quadriplegic.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
"I was getting incontinent, so I needed to go to the toilet a lot, like every like five minutes, sometimes even like less than that," Wesley said.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
If you’ve ever tried to wrangle a hissing, scratching, flailing, selectively incontinent beast into a cat carrier, you’ll appreciate the way Amy Attas practices veterinary medicine: She makes house calls.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
If your aged parents have grown tiresome or incontinent, you put them away where others will deal with their dirty diapers and dementia.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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