bedpan

Example Sentences

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She reserved her deepest attention for the orderlies who came in to change her bedpan and her sheets.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2023

“Susan wanted to crawl under the nearest bedpan and hide,” he wrote.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2023

But after one of my colleagues said it looked like a bedpan, I just couldn’t unsee the resemblance.

From The Verge • May 28, 2022

The curriculum covers the practical aspects of working in a nursing home: bed-making, catheter care, using a bedpan and transferring residents from a wheelchair to a bed.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2022

I’m jealous I can’t be in the living room, so I call out to Mami to bring me the bedpan.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar