How to Use urinate in a Sentence

urinate

verb
Definition of urinatenext
  • Or train the dogs to urinate in a specific, small area to limit the damage to the rest of the lawn.
    — NOLA.com, 26 Aug. 2017
  • The poor guy had been urinating on himself due the mats.
    — Fox News, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Things appeared bleak for the singer when he was accused of urinating on the girl in the video.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 17 July 2017
  • Armstrong was the first human to step foot on the moon, but Aldrin holds the title as the first man to urinate on it.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2014
  • On the way to the police station, while in a cruiser, the man urinated in his pants.
    — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 2 June 2017
  • Krasikov, who had a passport on him in the name of Vadim Sokolov, claimed to be a tourist who had stopped to urinate in the bushes.
    — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • The man was working on a nearby roof and was looking for a place to urinate.
    — Samantha Swindler, OregonLive.com, 29 May 2017
  • Inmates are forced to urinate in a bottle and leave the bottles at a corner in the cell.
    — Paulina Villegas, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2022
  • That's the part that involved the hookers at the Ritz Carlton urinating on a bed.
    — Fox News, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Just like some parents, the researchers used a sweet treat to coax the cows to push through a gate and urinate in a special pen.
    — Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2021
  • She was taken out of the back seat to be handcuffed and, at that point, dropped her pants and squatted to urinate.
    — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Generally, try to find a grassy area or curb for your dog to urinate on and stick to it.
    — John Kennedy, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Jesse Margera then went to the kitchen and saw his brother urinating in a sink, the complaint said.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Jack Black is Tommy’s older, freak-ified self, who likes to spray-paint dicks on wall and urinate straight up in the air.
    — Winston Cook-Wilson, Billboard, 21 June 2017
  • The man appeared to urinate on the geyser while a park ranger repeatedly yelled at him to get to safety.
    — Fox News, 18 Sep. 2018
  • The Big Lebowski begins with a hit man urinating on our hero's rug.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 14 July 2019
  • Then pronghorn will urinate and defecate in the slight depression.
    — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 13 Jan. 2020
  • Police said a witness said the man appeared drunk, seemed to be falling asleep and stopped to urinate in a yard in the 400 block of Ashland.
    — Amelia Finefrock, ajc, 16 Nov. 2017
  • Peregrine Fund Vultures urinate on their own feet to stay cool.
    — National Geographic, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Those who advocate against it note that caffeine can increase the need to urinate and the loss of electrolytes.
    — Barbara Gordon, idahostatesman, 10 July 2017
  • About a month ago, Luke said a man began urinating in the store, alarming a staff member who told him to leave.
    — Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The commute concludes with the man urinating at the 13th Street Subway Station, which is a nod to the singer's lucky number.
    — Katherine Schaffstall, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Delivery drivers who urinate in bottles to keep up with the pace of work.
    — Emily Peck, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Over the next few minutes, the painting begins to stir as smoke streams from a chimney, snow falls, a dog urinates against a tree and crows caw and fly.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Patients and staff alike have been forced to urinate in containers that are then dumped down the drain, the assistant said.
    — Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Fearful dogs may show the whites of their eyes and urinate on themselves when approached by other pets.
    — Iris Katz, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Dorie can wait hours to urinate, even when brought outside several times a day.
    — Cathy M. Rosenthal, courant.com, 6 June 2018
  • Some must pee on a set schedule or physically push down on their bladders to urinate.
    — Emily Underwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2024
  • The couple watched videos of Chulo trying to urinate, drink or leave the confinement, the prosecutor claimed.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2024

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