Verb (used with object), : Bureaucratic red tape can constipate the operations of any government agency. From Dictionary.com.
"The Senate at the moment could be politely described as constipated," he said. From Wordnik.com. [iTnews Australia] Reference
It loses whenever it's "constipated" (love that analogy) with orthodoxies. From Wordnik.com. [Darwin's Defenders Go Neo-Lamarckian] Reference
"constipated" expression on his face while performing. From Wordnik.com. [icScotland] Reference
If the mother is constipated, so will the child be. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
There may be diarrhoea or the animal may be constipated. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
A constipated woman is an anti-eugenist -- a eugenic atrocity. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
There is also loss of appetite, and the bowels are constipated. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
The constipated bowels were permitted their own times for action. From Wordnik.com. [The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure] Reference
It appeared I have become, in a weird word, marketing-constipated!. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Laermer: I Learned Everything on My Summer Vacation] Reference
If the animal is constipated, give two drams of Aloin, three drams of. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
Most women are as a rule more or less constipated during pregnancy. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
He had been constipated and he was trying to expedite a bowel movement. From Wordnik.com. [Growing Up Giuliani] Reference
Sometimes I want to tell the vet that I get constipated sometimes, too. From Wordnik.com. [The Time I was Mean to Rex] Reference
If the animal is constipated place two drams of Aloin, two drams of Pulv. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
If the bowels are constipated give Aloin, two drams; Ginger, three drams. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
Many nursing infants thrive and gain in weight, yet they are constipated. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
If the animal is constipated, give two drams of Aloin, three drams of Ginger. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
If the hog is constipated, add two to four ounces of Epsom Salts to its feed. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
Indigestion follows, the child loses weight, is languid and listless and constipated. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
They held that all guinea pigs with scurvy become constipated regardless of the diet. From Wordnik.com. [The Vitamine Manual] Reference
My father in-law would ask followed by a series of tuts like a constipated two year-old. From Wordnik.com. [One Chunky Elvis - To Go] Reference
Kimbo Stewart's constipated bird face for hours at The Groucho Club in London last night. From Wordnik.com. [Dlisted - Be Very Afraid] Reference
If the bowels become constipated, give two or three ounces of Castor Oil and feed sloppy food. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
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