How to Use transmissible in a Sentence

transmissible

adjective

• The virus is highly transmissible to humans.
• At the same time, the more transmissible omicron variant BA.2 has been spreading quickly in the U.S. and abroad.
  — Alan Fram, ajc, 1 Apr. 2022
• Omicron, in turn, was about three times more transmissible than the delta variant.
  — NBC News, 29 Apr. 2022
• But that all changed with the onerous lockdowns of 2022 spurred by the hyper-transmissible Omicron variant.
  — Time, 17 Jan. 2023
• Even the most careful person will get the most transmissible virus in history.
  — Wired, 7 Aug. 2022
• They’re expected to be the most immune-evasive, transmissible versions of the virus yet.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2022
• The fact that each Omicron subvariant seems to be even more transmissible than the last only adds to the sense of futility.
  — Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022
• The election comes as South Korea has been grappling with a surge in Covid-19 cases driven by the more transmissible omicron variant of the virus.
  — NBC News, 10 Mar. 2022
• The highly transmissible omicron variant of the virus is prone to making comebacks.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 31 May 2022
• Experts said one of the reasons for the rise in cases is the spread of BA.2, a subvariant of the original omicron variant that is more transmissible.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2022
• It was understood as a threat, transmissible across class lines.
  — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2022
• So far, the BA.2 subvariant, thought by scientists to be the most transmissible version of the coronavirus to date, has not been spreading widely in the U.S.
  — NBC News, 18 Feb. 2022
• These risks make sense in the context of smallpox, which is more transmissible and more deadly than monkeypox.
  — Tom Inglesby, STAT, 12 Aug. 2022
• Omicron and its subvariants have been spreading for months, with each version more transmissible than the next.
  — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Aug. 2022
• But the super-transmissible virus can spread throughout the body of an infant, triggering high fevers and seizures bad enough to require a visit to the hospital.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2022
• The lifting of the mandate comes as cases rise in the U.S., in part due to the BA.2 variant, a highly transmissible subvariant of the original omicron variant.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2022
• The mask mandate, which was put back in place in response to the surge created by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, expired at 12:01 a.m.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2022
• But with the rise of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, China has in recent months struggled to quash outbreaks.
  — New York Times, 1 Apr. 2022
• Though most mutations are harmless, Longini said the virus could evolve to be more transmissible or severe.
  — Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2022
• But the omicron variant and subvariants are much more transmissible than delta.
  — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2022
• But instead of a smooth Delta winter, the world woke up last Thanksgiving morning to find a new monster among us, the ultra-transmissible Omicron.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2022
• Although Omicron and its subvariants are the most transmissible yet, our vaccines have remained the same.
  — WIRED, 10 Sep. 2022
• The subvariant is thought to be anywhere from 30% to more than 50% more transmissible than the previous omicron variant.
  — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2022
• Covid flare-ups until this year, when the highly transmissible Omicron variant caused the country’s largest outbreak since Wuhan.
  — Nectar Gan, CNN, 27 July 2022
• The disease is transmissible from pets to humans and is highly contagious.
  — Laxmi Corp, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 July 2022
• The announcement comes nearly two months after the rule was reimposed across the state's 58 counties as the highly transmissible omicron variant swept across the country.
  — NBC News, 8 Feb. 2022
• The country stuck to its line even as the virus spread faster this year as the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron—which is significantly more transmissible—became the dominant strain.
  — Morten Buttler, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2022
• At the same time, the emergence of a highly transmissible variant -- already on track to become the dominant strain in the U.S. -- is fanning concerns over new mutations.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 9 Jan. 2023
• But the effectiveness of the shot in children 6 months to 5 years old was more of a mixed picture because of the challenge presented by the highly transmissible omicron variant.
  — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Mar. 2022
• The highly transmissible Omicron sub-variant has quickly become dominant in the U.S. and elsewhere but has not yet gained a foothold in China.
  — Grady McGregor, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024