How to Use Typhoid Mary in a Sentence

Typhoid Mary

noun

• Turner could turn out to be the son of Typhoid Mary and George Custer.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 2020-10-28
• That woman, Mary Mallon — aka Typhoid Mary — could have been any of us this year.
  — Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 2020-12-06
• This cookie exchange should not turn into a Typhoid Mary situation.
  — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 2020-12-09
• The 49ers have enough concerns at that position without worrying that their quarterback might go all Typhoid Mary on them.
  — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 2021-08-09
• This was something far riskier, as Trump campaigned vigorously and heedlessly held mass rallies filled with adoring, unmasked camp followers, as if his political role model were Typhoid Mary.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 2020-11-19
• Rand said mask-wearing is something everyone can do and likened people who refuse to wear a mask to Typhoid Mary, an early 20th-century asymptomatic carrier of typhoid who spread the disease by failing to wash her hands and quarantine from people.
  — Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2020-11-08
• In the early 20th century, Mary Mallon (Typhoid Mary), an asymptomatic typhoid carrier who worked as a cook, infected >50 persons.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 2020-09-15