How to Use potty in a Sentence

potty

noun
  • Each of the four sides of the port-a-potty were broken at the screws and were pushed to each side.
    Amy Lavalley, Post-Tribune, 18 June 2018
  • Aphrodite is potty trained and knows how to sit like a pro.
    The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2023
  • First, the pro-bathroom camp will fight to the death for their potties.
    Megan Barber, Curbed, 9 Nov. 2018
  • Take him to the potty, put on his favorite show and make a snack for him.
    Angel Hamilton, Time, 10 May 2018
  • Standing in front of the port-a-potty, Balone points to Woudenberg.
    Lori Teresa Yearwood, Washington Post, 19 May 2021
  • And once again, there will be a row of porta-potties on the premises.
    Jaclyn Reiss, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Guests can bring lawn chairs, and are asked to only leave their reserved spot to use a port-a-potty in the back of the lot.
    Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 July 2020
  • Police said Simms filled the bucket with waste from a port-a-potty.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2018
  • Then there is the issue of porta-potty rental, the use of our small kitchen by the catering staff, etc.
    Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 7 Mar. 2020
  • There’s a bus, a road-and-rail truck, a port-a-potty, four pieces of track and six mini figures.
    Marylou Tousignant, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Once a signal is spotted, the parent holds the baby on the potty to pee.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Students must be at least three years old and potty trained.
    Pioneer Press Staff, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The building appeared to have a large, black scar along the side near the melted plastic port-a-potty.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The cost is $25 for one, and $40 for two -- that’s parents, not numbers one and two as in going potty.
    cleveland, 9 July 2021
  • Eventually, all the kids walked, got potty trained and slept through the night.
    Leah Garchik, SFChronicle.com, 16 June 2020
  • Jason Chandler, the tall man with red hair, exits the port-a-potty.
    Lori Teresa Yearwood, Washington Post, 19 May 2021
  • Somebody stole a very pricey potty last year from the restroom of a palace in England.
    Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Four units responded to the area and found the port-a-potty on fire with flames creeping up along the siding of the chalet, Boyd said.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2022
  • It’s in keeping with the Invite’s tradition of mixing the haughty and the potty.
    Washington Post, 15 July 2021
  • Feed the unicorn and sit her down on her glitter potty for a slime surprise.
    Rachel Siegel, The Seattle Times, 28 Nov. 2018
  • This spring, the bell tolled for the porta-potty industry.
    David Gauvey Herbert, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2020
  • The potty is easy to use, with foldout seat, legs and disposable bag.
    David G. Molyneaux, cleveland, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Players used a port-a-potty, and there is an analogy to be made there.
    Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 5 June 2018
  • There are enough bathrooms that fans no longer would need to queue up for porta potties.
    Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Parting thought To the guy using the far right port-a-potty adjacent to the seventh hole — please lock the door next time.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2021
  • According to the Chestnut Street port-a-potty’s log, it had only been cleaned twice in the last two weeks.
    Dallas News, 16 July 2022
  • Joan has helped hundreds of parents help their children master the use of the potty.
    Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2021
  • There are schools and camps that require a child to be potty-trained before enrolling.
    Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022
  • What do gym socks, a portable potty and a dead rat have in common?
    Nicole Kagan, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2022
  • The aggressive potty mouth stands in contrast to the blitheness Plaza imbues Lenny with.
    Nojan Aminosharei, Marie Claire, 13 June 2018

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