urinate

Example Sentences

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"I walked into an open cubicle in the women's toilets to be welcomed by a man about to urinate," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Alarmed at the realness of their struggle, they toss their smallfolk a cash bump, a modest promotion, or maybe, if they’re really lucky, a nicer place to urinate.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

"I was getting blood in my urine... it was hurting all the time to urinate."

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

Some people with kidney failure cannot urinate, so a machine cleans the body of toxins and excess fluid.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2025

A fragment of memory returned—recollection of myself as a youngster reading Lillian Smith’s Strange Fruit, her description of the Negro boy stopping along a lonely path to urinate.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin