inoculated

past tense of inoculate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of inoculated About 100,000 people in the United States are inoculated with the rabies vaccine each year after being exposed, the CDC said. — The Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026 When we are inoculated against a disease, we are exposed to a small, harmless dose of something dangerous. — Rebecca Stafford, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026 Watching that process has inoculated me against my misanthropy. — Literary Hub, 21 July 2026 It has been inoculated by a parasitic braconid wasp that laid its eggs underneath the skin of the hornworm. — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 19 June 2026 Inoculation involved taking pus from a pock of someone with a not-very-severe case of smallpox, making a cut in the arm of the person to be inoculated, and rubbing the pus into the cut. — ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026 In 1796, English physician Edward Jenner successfully inoculated 8-year-old James Phipps against smallpox by using cowpox matter. — Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026 Because of her travels, the new tourist is inoculated against anyone who might try to convince her to hate or look down on people who look different from her, who speak a language other than her own, who pray to a different god, or who happen to live on the other side of a border. — CBS News, 1 May 2026 Soil that was hauled in was inoculated with the same microbes and mycorrhizal fungi that thrive in the nearby hills. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inoculated
Verb
  • This is a book suffused with beauty, but climate emergency is its undercurrent.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
  • After setting her wildly popular debut The Tiger's Wife in a Balkans suffused with myth and magic, the author turned in subsequent books to the Old West and a city redolent of New York.
    — Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Priced at $23 for a 16-ounce bottle, The Wash is a full body, sulfate-free cleanser, infused with aloe vera, sunflower seed oil, glycerin and colloidal oatmeal.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026
  • It’s infused with peppermint and cedar essential oils, and each bottle has enough of the solution to last for up to 2,000 sprays.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Hartford dates mark the opening two nights of Rodrigo’s new tour—expect moments of major fashion history, imbued with Rodrigo’s own personal storytelling, to continue unfurling.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Krieps can’t help but respect Murphy for the unshackled nature with which his female characters are imbued.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

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“Inoculated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inoculated. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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