How to Use infect in a Sentence

infect

verb

• All the computers in the office were infected by the same virus.
• The virus has infected many people.
• If you're sick you should stay home to avoid infecting other people in the office.
• The virus has infected many computers.
• They were unable to prevent bacteria from infecting the wound.
• Her enthusiasm has infected everyone.
• Avian flu viruses do not usually infect people but there have been rare cases.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 28 Nov. 2022
• And the spread in mosquitoes and ticks that has been linked to global warming is more likely to infect humans with pathogens, some experts say.
  — Michael Birnbaum and Ellen Francis, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Dec. 2022
• The fungal-like oomycetes thrive in moist conditions and infect root tips to create root rot, severely limiting growth or killing the plant.
  — Arkansas Online, 5 Dec. 2022
• This metric estimates how many people one contagious person will infect on average.
  — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2022
• Viruses that infect primates are of particular interest.
  — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 15 Nov. 2022
• As in real life, cynicism, hypocrisy, and performative positivity infect social media like a virus.
  — Time, 4 Nov. 2022
• Federal prosecutors alleged Vasiliev helped infect networks around the world with LockBit.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 11 Nov. 2022
• Keeping people isolated does give the virus fewer opportunities to spread and infect locally, but in a worldwide pandemic, that may not be the most desirable end result.
  — Alice Park, Time, 2 Dec. 2022
• The fungus infects the base of the nail and sometimes the top of the foot.
  — Sarah Bradley, Health, 19 May 2024
• This link, the Times states, was the one that infected Seaford’s device.
  — Emma Roth, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2023
• The city had a well, which was infected with E. coli due to hog farming.
  — Grace Noble, Dallas News, 24 July 2023
• If there are rust spots on the petals, the plant may be infected with Camellia petal blight.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2024
• The fungus can infect the bloodstream and even cause death by invading the blood, heart and brain, the agency said.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
• The iPSCs could be a good way to figure out how the virus infects different cell types.
  — Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
• These are a group of viruses that are known to infect bacteria.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
• Even in the midst of the sorrow and the heaviness each of them has a sense of humor and is infected with the magic of Ireland.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
• The measles virus can stay in the air and infect others for up to two hours after a contagious person has left the room.
  — Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
• Dalton would scan for new species of exploitable devices and write code to infect them.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
• About 80% of Merkel cell tumors are infected with the Merkel cell polyomavirus.
  — Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023
• The seals may have been infected by living near or eating sick and dead birds.
  — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
• In up to 10 percent of those infected, some symptoms can last for years.
  — Ashli Blow, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
• While dogs can get infected by the H5N1 bird flu, reports of illness among dogs are rare.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2024
• Even her own father briefly succumbs to the sickness infecting the land and puts a warrant on her head.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
• For the next five days, the CDC encourages you to continue to take common-sense strategies to reduce the chances of infecting others.
  — Hannah Singleton, Health, 30 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024