constipate
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Dalia Lara often drives an hour from her Federal Way home to buy the only baby formula that doesn’t constipate her 3-month-old.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022
But they also entomb vast tracts of fertile soil, constipate rivers, choke habitats and – acting as a rock-hard second skin – desensitise us from what is happening outside our urban fortresses.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 25, 2019
I would rather add some nutritious food that won’t constipate her.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2017
Critics fret that the control freakery will now constipate Whitehall: “You couldn’t blow your nose without Nick or Fi knowing,” recalls one former colleague.
From Economist ● Aug. 4, 2016
Such food as has a tendency to constipate the bowels, and such as will also enclose the glass and coat its sharp edges, is to be given.
From How to Care for the Insane A Manual for Nurses by Granger, William D.
Very often I meet with women who cannot take iron, either because it disturbs the stomach, causes headache, or constipates, or else because they have been told never to take iron.
From Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria by Mitchell, John K.
Caution.—If it causes oppression at the stomach, combine it with an aromatic; if it causes vomiting, give it in wine or soda water; if it purges, give opium; and if it constipates give rhubarb.
From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous
"You could run into the extremes of eating too much, where if you're not drinking enough water to hydrate and exceed the amount of soluble and insoluble fiber, you can get constipated," Lee said.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026
When Leonidas was just a month old, he was fussy and often constipated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
Lou is stuck and emotionally constipated, and needs to act and basically can’t, won’t, whatever.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
Increase your fiber intake gradually so your digestive system can adjust, and make sure you are also drinking enough water to avoid becoming constipated.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
Or maybe he really did have the personality of a constipated toad.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
I take a pain medication that is very constipating.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2018
But in addition to being uncomfortably constipating, it can be toxic, even deadly, to the heart.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2016
It is constipating, so he has to take daily stool softeners.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2010
Since it has laxative properties, some manufacturers combine it with aluminum hydroxide, which is also antacid but, taken alone, is slightly constipating.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such heating does not affect the taste of milk and does not render it more constipating.
From The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses by Holt, L. Emmett
