How to Use defecation in a Sentence

defecation

noun
  • Just look away during all the vomit and defecation gags.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Locals in turn threaten to protest with a mass defecation into the river.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 30 June 2024
  • Most cities reeked of death, defecation, and industrial waste.
    — Big Think, 24 June 2024
  • And then there was the idea of offering more and better public bathrooms to cut down on street defecation.
    — Noah Arroyo, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 2022
  • That’s in part why such a lengthy record of defecation excited D’Anjou.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2012
  • The sling of tissue is supposed to release during defecation.
    — Cara Schacter, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2022
  • But the second biggest emitter is via the burping and defecation of livestock.
    — Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Really, a walk during extreme heat is only for urination and defecation and to get some fresh air.
    — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 17 July 2023
  • His group aims to end open defecation and provide clean water to communities in India.
    — Madhukar Pai, Forbes, 22 May 2022
  • The human body loses fluids in many ways, such as sweating, breathing, urination and defecation, as well as through tears and saliva.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
  • In many cities, public restrooms are not available overnight—or at all—yet cities prohibit public urination and defecation.
    — Vera Institute Of Justice, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022
  • San Francisco’s travails with public defecation have made headlines in the last couple of years, and for good reason.
    — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The word could mean receptors that expel waste into sewers, chamber pots emptied by hand or pits designated for defecation.
    — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2020
  • That is unsanitary and unsafe, as is public urination or defecation.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The film addressed the crisis of open defecation and emphasized that the issue isn’t just about keeping the county clean, but also about gender rights and safety.
    — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Worse, the other person in the elevator, who witnessed this impromptu canine defecation, was his boss.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Given the context, fans wondered if the detailed defecation scene was meant as a diss against Game of Thrones, and some viewers even took it as an insult.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The human body loses fluids in several ways, such as sweating, breathing, urination and defecation, as well as through tears and saliva.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The human body loses fluids in several ways, such as sweating, breathing, urination and defecation, as well as through tears and saliva.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
  • As the defecation incident revealed, though, the sense of togetherness doesn’t apply beyond our workplace.
    — Ann Larson, The New Republic, 5 Mar. 2021
  • This, in addition to vomiting, can result in urination, defecation and yowling.
    — Marlene Cimons, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
  • Saymeh said unhoused people keeping their stuff around their property or littering has been happening for years, but the defecation issue started about four to five months ago.
    — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
  • While dog diapers will certainly reduce the effects of uncontrolled urination and defecation, they should not be used as the sole means of housebreaking a new pet.
    — Michael Pollick, chicagotribune.com, 24 Mar. 2021
  • In her plan, the African diaspora to build pay-to-use toilets across the town, to tackle open defecation, and would receive a return on their investment from the fees.
    — Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Its collection includes a wall of sculpted vulvas and a machine that mimics human digestion, complete with odors, from chewing to defecation.
    — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
  • Urination, defecation, and secretions of a sweat gland unique to elephants known as the temporal gland was also present in 71 percent of greetings.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 May 2024
  • And most importantly, 361 public toilets have been built, connected to the new sewers, to reduce the rate of open defecation.
    — Oliver Franklin-Wallis, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Among them was a young white man in a suit who held up an Indian flag, imitated an Indian accent and extolled the virtues of public defecation.
    — Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • But the vast majority are bacteria, and the bulk of them reside in the gut, or gastrointestinal tract (which means that each defecation probably flips the ratio in our favor).
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2021
  • In addition, Chappelle's experience with public defecation is not unique.
    — Ashley Hume, Fox News, 14 May 2023

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