Examples of wet the bed in a Sentence
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Our daughter had nightmares and wet the bed for the first time in years.
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Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
Some of them can no longer sleep alone, wet the bed at night, develop cutaneous diseases due to unbearable stress, and become isolated from society.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2023
Most kids who wet the bed at night outgrow it as their brains and bodies continue to develop.
—Jennifer Ahn, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2023
About 15% of kids between ages 5 and 7 wet the bed sometimes.
—Jennifer Ahn, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2023
Primary describes people like Ben, who’ve wet the bed consistently—anywhere between every night and twice a year—since childhood.
—Haley Weiss, Time, 24 July 2023
Esther, in therapy for depression and anxiety, started to wet the bed.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
Yes, there are the mythical children who miraculously potty-train perfectly in 48 hours flat, who never once wet the bed or poop in their pants.
—Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022
Later that night at his girlfriend's home, when the child woke up crying and wet the bed, Fairchild began to beat the boy and later burned both sides of the child's body by pressing him against a furnace.
—David Dishman, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2022
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Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
Some of them can no longer sleep alone, wet the bed at night, develop cutaneous diseases due to unbearable stress, and become isolated from society.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2023
Most kids who wet the bed at night outgrow it as their brains and bodies continue to develop.
—Jennifer Ahn, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2023
About 15% of kids between ages 5 and 7 wet the bed sometimes.
—Jennifer Ahn, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2023
Primary describes people like Ben, who’ve wet the bed consistently—anywhere between every night and twice a year—since childhood.
—Haley Weiss, Time, 24 July 2023
Esther, in therapy for depression and anxiety, started to wet the bed.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
Yes, there are the mythical children who miraculously potty-train perfectly in 48 hours flat, who never once wet the bed or poop in their pants.
—Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022
Later that night at his girlfriend's home, when the child woke up crying and wet the bed, Fairchild began to beat the boy and later burned both sides of the child's body by pressing him against a furnace.
—David Dishman, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2022
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“Wet the bed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wet%20the%20bed. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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