How to Use athlete's foot in a Sentence

athlete's foot

noun

• This type is caused by dermatophytes, which also cause athlete's foot.
  — Sarah Bradley, Health, 19 May 2024
• In some cases, athlete's foot can even appear as blisters or ulcers.
  — Rebecca Dancer, Allure, 12 Mar. 2020
• And, if left untreated, athlete's foot can spread to other parts of the body (like your toenails).
  — Women's Health, 10 June 2023
• Most often, tea tree oil is used to treat athlete's foot, toenail fungal infections, and acne.
  — Sherri Gordon, Verywell Health, 16 Feb. 2024
• She was treated with Whitfield’s ointment, commonly used to treat athlete's foot, and the brown spot went away.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2022
• Having damp feet can also create a breeding ground for athlete's foot, as can long nails, which can house (and spread) the fungi in question.
  — Patia Braithwaite, SELF, 12 June 2019
• Having frequently damp feet can increase your risk of athlete's foot, an itchy fungal infection.
  — Mark Gurarie, Health, 14 Aug. 2025
• Ringworm of the feet, known as athlete's foot, causes peeling, cracking, and possibly blisters.
  — Health Editorial Team, Health, 30 Oct. 2023
• Dermatophytic fungi, such as those that cause athlete's foot, can cause infections in cuts or sensitive skin.
  — Ada Wood, CNN, 2 Oct. 2021
• Examples of fungal infections are yeast infections, jock itch, ringworm, and athlete's foot.
  — Elizabeth Woolley, Verywell Health, 15 Apr. 2024
• Appropriately enough, tinea pedis, or athlete's foot, is the most common fungal infection picked up in gyms, according to Fullem.
  — Scott Douglas, sun-sentinel.com, 29 July 2019
• Healthline states that people with athlete's foot or eczema may experience these symptoms, which are sometimes accompanied by pain or tenderness.
  — Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 21 Mar. 2021
• Doctors treated the teen with topical butenafine, an over-the-counter antifungal that's used to treat athlete's foot and jock itch, among other fungal infections.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2022
• Common athlete's foot products include the ingredients terbinafine or clotrimazole.
  — Marty Munson, Men's Health, 22 June 2023
• Kimmel joked that Tyson's admission would make for a great Desenex commercial, a reference to the anti-fungal foot powder used to treat athlete's foot.
  — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
• Other common fungal infections, such as athlete's foot caused by ringworm and coccidioidomycosis lung infections, also occur in parts of the body where lettuce has no presence.
  — Daniel Funke, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2021
• The cooler outer surfaces of our bodies are at risk of minor assaults—think of athlete's foot, yeast infections, ringworm—but in people with healthy immune systems, invasive infections have been rare.
  — Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 19 May 2021
• Fungal infections are becoming more common in the United States, but unlike illnesses caused by bacteria or viruses, there’s no vaccine to protect against a fungal threat. Fungi cause a wide range of illnesses in people, from irritating athlete's foot to life-threatening bloodstream infections.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 10 Feb. 2023
• Types of Athlete's Foot Treatments Common active ingredients in athlete's foot treatments include terbinafine, clotrimazole, miconazole, and tolnaftate.
  — Sherri Gordon, Verywell Health, 30 Jan. 2024