Examples of mutate in a Sentence
a disease that mutates genes in humans
a group of mutated genes
Over time, her feelings mutated from hatred into love.
opera singers mutating into pop stars
Recent Examples on the Web
One way or another, Marvel was always going to have to mutate.
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Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Like all viruses, H5N1 has the potential to mutate to become more of a threat to humans.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
The official dismissed any comparison to the COVID-19 pandemic for reasons including the fact that avian flu is not a new virus, medications already exist to treat it, there is no evidence of human-to-human spread and no evidence of the virus having mutated.
—Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2024
For most of the world, the virus went its way, mutating cleverly, with the weird mimic intelligence of microorganisms.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
Initial impressions of Gracie’s relationships with her neighbors and her eldest son (Cory Michael Smith) also mutate over the course of the movie — not unlike the monarch butterflies that Joe keeps in special habitats throughout their home.
—EW.com, 17 Nov. 2023
One tussle is composed in black and white; others take place with the creatures skidding on oil slicks and water puddles, or gawking as the Chameleon, living up to her name, throws a jab that mutates into an elephant’s trunk.
—Amy Nicholson, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
Several of Little Rope’s songs were written prior to this personal rupture, and were, unsurprisingly, mutated in its aftermath as Brownstein went through her grieving process.
—Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
The latter is evident in Bella’s vengeance, which leads her to mutate her ex-husband into a chicken-dog hybrid.
—Armond White, National Review, 23 Feb. 2024
Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Like all viruses, H5N1 has the potential to mutate to become more of a threat to humans.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
The official dismissed any comparison to the COVID-19 pandemic for reasons including the fact that avian flu is not a new virus, medications already exist to treat it, there is no evidence of human-to-human spread and no evidence of the virus having mutated.
—Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2024
For most of the world, the virus went its way, mutating cleverly, with the weird mimic intelligence of microorganisms.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
Initial impressions of Gracie’s relationships with her neighbors and her eldest son (Cory Michael Smith) also mutate over the course of the movie — not unlike the monarch butterflies that Joe keeps in special habitats throughout their home.
—EW.com, 17 Nov. 2023
One tussle is composed in black and white; others take place with the creatures skidding on oil slicks and water puddles, or gawking as the Chameleon, living up to her name, throws a jab that mutates into an elephant’s trunk.
—Amy Nicholson, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
Several of Little Rope’s songs were written prior to this personal rupture, and were, unsurprisingly, mutated in its aftermath as Brownstein went through her grieving process.
—Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
The latter is evident in Bella’s vengeance, which leads her to mutate her ex-husband into a chicken-dog hybrid.
—Armond White, National Review, 23 Feb. 2024
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