How to Use symptomatic in a Sentence

symptomatic

adjective
  • As so often, here the court is symptomatic of a wider elite trend.
    Trevor Jackson, The New York Review of Books, 8 July 2023
  • The slowness of the AFM is symptomatic of the way film markets have evolved since the pandemic.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 8 Nov. 2023
  • For Morante, Francesco’s lack of resolve was symptomatic.
    Jess Bergman, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023
  • So should those who are caring for someone who is symptomatic or not well.
    Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2023
  • In reference to cluster of cases in Chicago, the CDC said all of them were among symptomatic men.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
  • In fact, sustained demand in the used car market is symptomatic of a broader trend.
    Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • In the study, 64% of symptomatic patients still tested positive in this time frame.
    Rong-Gong Lin Ii and Luke Money, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The study found the vaccine was about 80% effective in preventing symptomatic Covid-19 among the children.
    Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ, 15 June 2022
  • Pfizer's vaccine reduced the risk of symptomatic infection by 80% in children between the ages of 6 months and 4 years.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 17 June 2022
  • Most fibroids are non-symptomatic and don't need treatment.
    Amanda Gardner, Health, 24 Jan. 2023
  • In lecanemab’s large clinical trial, 9.2% of people with two copies of the gene variant had symptomatic brain swelling, compared with 1.4% of people with no copies.
    Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The lack of money from Mr. Ellison was symptomatic of a broader trend of donor reluctance.
    Maya King, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Equally, if a mole becomes symptomatic — itches, bleeds, or feels painful — then make sure to visit your doctor.
    Hannah Coates, Allure, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Clearly, though, his loss of joy is symptomatic of what is happening with the Mavericks, the obvious and perhaps the unseen.
    Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • What the vaccine does in the setting of flu is reduces your chances of having a symptomatic infection and reduce your chances of having a severe outcome.
    Scott Gottlieb, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2022
  • The researchers estimate that based on their data, more than half (53%) of transmission in the UK outbreak occurred in this pre-symptomatic phase of the infections.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
  • But little is known about what effect pre-symptomatic intervention might have for young kids at higher risk of autism.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The school system will provide coronavirus rapid tests to symptomatic students.
    Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Not even all the symptomatic birds taken in by International Rescue Center in Fairfield have been tested for avian flu, due to the time and expense.
    Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2022
  • All of it was symptomatic of a day where BYU could generate no pressure on the quarterback, hold in coverage or stop any part of Liberty’s will.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Yet Friday’s labor report showed employment grew by more than half a million—symptomatic of a boom.
    David Meyer, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2022
  • So the risk of getting a clot should certainly go into the discussion about whether to give testosterone replacement to a man with FVL and symptomatic low testosterone levels.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The order came down on Friday, a day when Shanghai — a city of 25 million people — reported 11 new infections, none of them symptomatic.
    Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2022
  • How many symptomatic cases developed is unknown, but experts believe the number is in the hundreds.
    David Willman, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Prince George’s County schools plans to provide rapid antigen tests for symptomatic students who have signed parental consent forms when classes begin Aug. 29.
    Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022
  • This is symptomatic of the GOP playing to its hardcore conservative base and not knowing a wit about how swing voters will react to these extreme actions.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2023
  • If exposed during a phase of growth where some leaves have fully expanded while others are still emerging, only those younger leaves will be symptomatic.
    Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2023
  • The outbreak in Xinjiang, which began late July, peaked at more than 400 new daily symptomatic infections in mid-August.
    Selina Cheng, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Such a moniker, blustered Jones, was symptomatic of the moral decline evident in a persuasive element of youth culture.
    Matt Thompson, SPIN, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Notably, 11 of the 14 passengers were sitting within two meters of the symptomatic carrier.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 16 June 2022

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