How to Use contagious in a Sentence

contagious

adjective

• I have a cold and I'm still contagious.
• It's a highly contagious virus.
• I'm sick, but the doctor says I'm not contagious.
• He's got a contagious laugh that would just light up the room.
  — Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
• Once the scabs fall off, the person is no longer contagious, the CDC says.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 23 May 2022
• The highly contagious virus presents as sores in the mouth and rashes on the hands and feet.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2022
• And then, of course, Michael Potts laughed, which is contagious.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
• The work ethic was contagious, and that’s how Necas fit in.
  — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2025
• The virus can stay active and contagious in the air or on surfaces for up to two hours.
  — Korin Miller, Health, 19 Jan. 2024
• The trick here is to sauté the mirepoix until the flavors bloom — and are at their most contagious.
  — Michelle Huneven, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
• The scoring got contagious as the Owls pounded away inside to close out the game.
  — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2024
• But the beat was contagious and the crowd was jubilant.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2022
• And the disease was so contagious that farmers often had to kill their birds to avoid the flu.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
• The disease is highly contagious and spreads through the air.
  — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Oct. 2021
• For starters, the pox isn’t nearly as contagious as Covid.
  — David Axe, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2022
• Your love and spirit is contagious to all who've met you.
  — Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2022
• The crowd’s energy was contagious, the songs were karaoke-esque and heat from the pyro could be felt all the way to the back of the open-air space.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2022
• Driving the news: Texas is home to the largest outbreak of the disease in the last 30 years and the first death in a decade from the highly contagious illness.
  — Kristal Dixon, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
• The factors that make a virus more contagious are varied.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 7 Mar. 2023
• Her jumps were soaring through the air and her school spirit was contagious.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2023
• The Nets had to be the more physical team to have any chance in Houston and Sharpe set the tone — and his effort was contagious.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2025
• The great concern is that the virus will evolve and become more contagious among humans.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 17 June 2024
• Is contagious standard gone on a team needing to build grit to their grandeur?
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2024
• Again, this is not Covid-19 -- this virus is not nearly as contagious.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN, 24 Aug. 2022
• None of the birds in the park’s collection are believed to have been exposed to the highly contagious virus.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
• The spirit of the place is contagious, wrapping you up in nostalgia and psyching you up for the game.
  — Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
• The dogs’ excitement is contagious and hasn’t died down at all.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
• The most contagious yet, and numbers are rising again across the nation.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 11 July 2022
• Most were people who picked up the virus while traveling overseas, or were on a flight with someone who was contagious.
  — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 23 July 2025
• This year, however, is poised to become the worst year for the highly contagious illness since 1992, or even earlier.
  — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Twin Cities, 16 July 2025