And whether it was the purgative effect of laughter, relating the story or our lovemaking, I cannot say, but the insistent presence of the Sacred Name grew easier to bear in the days that followed.

And Gatting, whose controversy had a 'historic, purgative effect on English Test cricket', was punished, in essence, because 'being awake after midnight is a moral offence'.

The fruit of F. citrifolia tends to have a purgative effect on the digestive systems of many animals; ripe fruits are eaten and seeds are spread widely through dung.

During the second half of the nineteenth century Edenfield had its own brewery, the products of which were not entirely popular: due its their purgative effect the ale was known as "Sh-t-n Br-ches".

And I didn't feel I could do that without writing it, so it had a sort of purgative effect.

Characteristically, there were Greens who welcomed the purgative effect of the crisis.

As if the purgative effects of escolar were not enough to make people wary, mishand ling presents another, far more serious problem.

Spirostachys africana yields excoecarin in its latex, a compound with a purgative effect.

Martin recorded several plants which indicated diuretic properties, some of which had purgative effects, and others which 'cured the fluxes', such as the syrup of bilberries.

His commitments were divided between sport and education, and between blacks and whites, but he was loath to let his sports lapse if only because of the purgative effect they brought, as he explained: