How to Use pathogen in a Sentence

pathogen

noun

• The spikes open cells for the pathogen to infect the body.
  — Anne Saker, The Enquirer, 29 Nov. 2021
• If that is the case, pathogens could be present in the urine.
  — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2024
• What type of work could be done with a pathogen in the first place?
  — Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 2 June 2021
• They are stuck with the pathogen sensors they’re born with.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2021
• Maybe a vaccine or a drug could change the rules that govern the pathogen or the hosts.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 7 Oct. 2020
• And wouldn’t that make more sense with an airborne pathogen?
  — Steven W. Thrasher, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2021
• But what about pathogens that have been trapped for millions of years?
  — Scott Travers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
• By that point, the race was on to identify this new pathogen.
  — Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2020
• The term refers to techniques used to enhance aspects of a pathogen.
  — Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2021
• New encounters with a pathogen catch the body off guard—and tend to be the most severe.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2023
• My guess is that the water, while abundant, is filled with pathogens.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 13 June 2025
• If the canker pathogen is a fungus, prune off the cankers in early summer.
  — oregonlive, 23 Jan. 2022
• With the threat of a pathogen, the clusters can quickly close off contact with the others.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2020
• If the pathogen returns, the memory cells can give the body a jump in fighting it.
  — David Hogberg, Washington Examiner, 17 Dec. 2020
• About 75% of the dogs at Texas A&M tested positive for a known pathogen.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2023
• One is by teaching T-cells to recognize and kill the pathogen.
  — Angus Chen, STAT, 14 Apr. 2022
• The smaller the filter pores, the smaller the pathogens and toxins that can be strained out of your water.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
• But to this day, Sisk is convinced the pathogen wasn’t introduced in her home.
  — Laura Reiley and Jacob Bogage, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2022
• That said, even water that looks clean and clear can contain pathogens.
  — Julia Ries, Health, 17 June 2025
• But so too will constructing the genomes of novel pathogens.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2024
• It’s not a simple cause and effect, like how a pathogen infiltrates the lungs and kills.
  — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 23 Mar. 2022
• Then there's the type of pathogen that the novel coronavirus is itself.
  — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2020
• That's a lot of vulnerable hosts for a stealthy pathogen.
  — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 5 Oct. 2021
• Some pathogens, such as the Powassan virus, can transmit in just 15 minutes.
  — Timmy Broderick, Scientific American, 14 June 2023
• That’s because it isn’t caused by a pathogen that spreads from person to person.
  — Kathryn Watson, SELF, 14 Apr. 2022
• The bird’s nest fungus in one image is just on dead wood and is not a pathogen that would cause you trouble.
  — oregonlive, 12 Mar. 2022
• Then again, it’s not every day that a new pathogen bursts onto the scene, killing millions.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 5 June 2022
• Critics view pathogen research as the Wild West of science.
  — Joel Achenbach, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2023
• Raw meat: Like pet waste, raw meat may contain pathogens that may survive the composting process.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2025
• Since the ground will be fallow until the spring, the incorporated manure will have ample time to work its way into the soil while any pathogens present die off.
  — Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025