How to Use contagious in a Sentence

contagious

adjective

• I have a cold and I'm still contagious.
• It's a highly contagious virus.
• I'm sick, but the doctor says I'm not contagious.
• In the eyes of some, the fact that Biden even caught the virus highlights the failure to stop the virus’s transmission, as ever-more-contagious variants evolve and spread.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022
• Most people who get RSV are contagious for three to eight days, but can be contagious for a day or two even before showing any symptoms.
  — Omer Awan, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
• Those moves were made as a new, highly contagious subvariant of the coronavirus is driving infections even among the fully vaccinated.
  — Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2022
• But her biggest passion, Urbanik said, was Khaleesi — a little girl who topped her preschool class, winning an award at graduation for having the most contagious laugh.
  — Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2022
• Her enthusiasm for performance — both combat and theatrical — is contagious, her love of wrestling undeniable.
  — Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
• The letter also notes that lions help curb the spread among ungulates of chronic wasting disease, a highly contagious prion disease, by removing sick animals.
  — Byhannah Richter, science.org, 1 Nov. 2024
• Rabbi Zvi Kogan's story teaches us that courage is contagious, that even one life can change the world, and that hatred, no matter how fierce, can never extinguish the power of faith.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
• The highly contagious virus presents as sores in the mouth and rashes on the hands and feet.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2022
• The virus can stay active and contagious in the air or on surfaces for up to two hours.
  — Korin Miller, Health, 19 Jan. 2024
• The trick here is to sauté the mirepoix until the flavors bloom — and are at their most contagious.
  — Michelle Huneven, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
• The scoring got contagious as the Owls pounded away inside to close out the game.
  — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2024
• And the disease was so contagious that farmers often had to kill their birds to avoid the flu.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
• Your love and spirit is contagious to all who've met you.
  — Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2022
• The crowd’s energy was contagious, the songs were karaoke-esque and heat from the pyro could be felt all the way to the back of the open-air space.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2022
• The factors that make a virus more contagious are varied.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 7 Mar. 2023
• Her jumps were soaring through the air and her school spirit was contagious.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2023
• The great concern is that the virus will evolve and become more contagious among humans.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 17 June 2024
• Is contagious standard gone on a team needing to build grit to their grandeur?
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2024
• Again, this is not Covid-19 -- this virus is not nearly as contagious.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN, 24 Aug. 2022
• None of the birds in the park’s collection are believed to have been exposed to the highly contagious virus.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
• The spirit of the place is contagious, wrapping you up in nostalgia and psyching you up for the game.
  — Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
• The dogs’ excitement is contagious and hasn’t died down at all.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
• The disease is not contagious and can’t spread from human to human.
  — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2024
• Ronnie always came to practice with a smile on this face and his passion for the game was contagious.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2022
• Measles is one of the most contagious viruses that infects humans.
  — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
• White failure is contagious, a threat to the colonial order.
  — Darryl Pinckney, The New York Review of Books, 16 Mar. 2023
• People are most contagious in the early days of their sickness.
  — Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024