How to Use infection in a Sentence

infection

noun

• The wound has so far remained free of infection.
• Poor hygiene can increase the danger of infection.
• Most of the infections are among children ages 5 to 9, the CDC said.
  — Anne Thompson, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2024
• But the girl’s nose and hard palate died from the infection and had to be removed.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2022
• The outbreak is linked to at least 4 deaths across 18 states and dozens of infections.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2023
• The risk of Covid infection for children in the U.S. has varied over the last two years.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2022
• Avoid scratching the sting as this can increase swelling and the risk of infection.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2023
• The need for new tools to combat these infections is dire.
  — Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2023
• Texas is one of the states seeing spikes in infections.
  — Alice Park, Time, 24 July 2025
• Some types of IUDs may even reduce the risk of infection.
  — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022
• Mantle had an infection on his side and couldn’t play the last three weeks of the season.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
• Her white-blood-cell count gave no hint of an infection.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• No surprise, then, that the return of the bugs would lead to high numbers of infections.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 23 Nov. 2023
• The housekeeping staff keep all the rooms infection free.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 1 Oct. 2023
• The infection had spread into her lymph nodes, numbing the left side of her face.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 21 July 2024
• But those kinds of infections usually make the skin hot and red.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
• All that made the samples from the 2008 case even more valuable: the boy died early on in his infection.
  — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 29 May 2022
• For fillers,infection, migration of the filler and nodules or lumps are among the risks.
  — Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2022
• Deep scars in the bones of her face and jaw are evidence of a major infection.
  — New Atlas, 19 July 2024
• Most infections present as a cold, if there are any symptoms at all.
  — Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
• The lung infection can also look like bronchitis, a cold, or the flu.
  — Karen Pallarito, Health, 6 July 2023
• The infection is caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium.
  — Sonam Sheth gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
• Her child has a serious infection and is not ready to go home.
  — Rachel Pearson, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
• Over time this led to inflammation and the risk of infection.
  — USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
• Over time, this led to inflammation and the risk of infection.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
• The vaccines reduce the risk of severe infection and death.
  — The Enquirer, 12 June 2022
• The cancer is often caused by an HPV infection, which can cause changes on the skin and form lesions.
  — Brianna Abbott, WSJ, 15 June 2022
• Here’s whether or not new measles cases are a cause for concern, as well as how to avoid infection.
  — Korin Miller, Health, 19 Jan. 2024
• Based on the quartz fragment’s shape, scientists interpreted it as the point of a projectile that pierced the man’s neck on the right side and broke his cervical rib, ultimately leading to a fatal infection.
  — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
• But that also likely means that mirror cells would be able to replicate unchecked in our bodies, creating a fatal infection that could progress rapidly without triggering our defense system, said Cooper.
  — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025