Examples of germy in a Sentence
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Not to mention touching all the items in the store with your germy hands!
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Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
When cleaning the bedroom, don't forget about these germy spots.
—Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2025
Related article Walking just 5 minutes a day makes a difference
While Staphylococcus aureus is found on many gym surfaces, exercise mats are particularly germy.
—Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
One of the most effective ways to curb disease transmission indoors is to swap out most of the air in a room — replacing the stale, potentially germy air with fresh air from outside or running it through high-efficiency filters — as often as possible.
—Liz Szabo, CNN, 22 Apr. 2022
But hands can be germy.
—Jake Coyle, ajc, 8 Aug. 2021
Shared gym surfaces had even more microbes living on them than commonly germy household surfaces.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration acknowledge on their websites that surgical masks are generally meant to help protect against large droplets, splashes or sprays of possibly germy fluid.
—Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2022
People’s unwillingness to touch potentially germy surfaces and devices during the pandemic has greatly accelerated the adoption of unique QR codes.
—Matthew Kitchen, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2021
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Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
When cleaning the bedroom, don't forget about these germy spots.
—Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2025
Related article Walking just 5 minutes a day makes a difference
While Staphylococcus aureus is found on many gym surfaces, exercise mats are particularly germy.
—Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
One of the most effective ways to curb disease transmission indoors is to swap out most of the air in a room — replacing the stale, potentially germy air with fresh air from outside or running it through high-efficiency filters — as often as possible.
—Liz Szabo, CNN, 22 Apr. 2022
But hands can be germy.
—Jake Coyle, ajc, 8 Aug. 2021
Shared gym surfaces had even more microbes living on them than commonly germy household surfaces.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration acknowledge on their websites that surgical masks are generally meant to help protect against large droplets, splashes or sprays of possibly germy fluid.
—Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2022
People’s unwillingness to touch potentially germy surfaces and devices during the pandemic has greatly accelerated the adoption of unique QR codes.
—Matthew Kitchen, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2021
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“Germy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/germy. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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