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Examples of urinate in a Sentence
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Several parents also said their children uncharacteristically began urinating and defecating in their rooms because they were locked out of bathrooms overnight.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 8 May 2024
Sometimes, the condition can lead to symptoms such as difficulty urinating, loss of bladder control or waking up at night to urinate multiple times.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024
His invitation comes just over two years after a London court cleared him on charges of grabbing a woman’s breast, shoving a cabin crew member and urinating on a passenger’s seat on a British Airways flight from Tennessee after a World Golf Championships event.
—Doug Ferguson, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2024
This process was repeated three times (for a total of 6 ounces) to mimic a baby urinating overnight in a diaper.
—Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 10 Mar. 2024
He was detained in a basement cell for hours, denied use of a restroom, and was forced to urinate on himself, the lawsuit alleges.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024
One of the men walked onto the porch and began to urinate on the flag while the other man recorded him, the video shows.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2024
Except that each is further evidence of the intense dislike the locals have for the shrieking, vomiting, urinating hordes that treat their town with such disrespect.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
If a person were to drink too much water, in most cases, the kidneys would excrete the excess fluid, resulting in the person urinating a lot, Kalantari said.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 18 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1599, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near urinate
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“Urinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urinate. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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Medical Definition
urinate
intransitive verb
uri·nate
ˈyu̇r-ə-ˌnāt
urinated; urinating
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