How to Use contaminate in a Sentence

contaminate

verb

• Don't touch the microchip or the oil on your hands will contaminate it.
• Make sure the white paint is not contaminated by any of the other colors.
• Be careful not to allow bacteria to contaminate the wound.
• The volume was great enough for the flow to exit the school and contaminate its playground.
  — oregonlive, 28 Mar. 2021
• That’s because plants change the soil that they are grown in, says Paul, and so would contaminate the samples.
  — Stephen Ornes, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2022
• These items can cause jams in the balers and contaminate whole batches of plastic.
  — Kristin Hostetter, Outside Online, 14 Mar. 2022
• All that can contaminate water and soil, not to mention lay waste to large tracts of land.
  — Bydennis Normile, science.org, 1 Nov. 2022
• Just don't bring the muckier parts of it inside to build up and contaminate our homes.
  — Mark Patrick Taylor, CBS News, 26 May 2023
• Always avoid touching the front of the mask, which could be contaminated with droplets that contain the virus.
  — Ashley Abramson, Allure, 1 May 2020
• Those with unwashed hands, which may contaminate surfaces, should be kept out of the kitchen.
  — USA Today, 20 Nov. 2020
• For hard cheeses where the mold is not part of the processing, cut at least 1 inch around and below the mold, taking care not to drag the knife through the mold and cross contaminate the rest.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
• But chromium is present in the crust and might have leached into the layer and contaminated it.
  — Byadam Mann, science.org, 15 Aug. 2024
• This urban food myth contends that if food spends just a few seconds on the floor, dirt and germs won’t have much of a chance to contaminate it.
  — Paul Dawson, CNN, 27 May 2022
• Three and a half decades later, the site is still contaminated.
  — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 22 Jan. 2025
• The space was too small for large tools; a lubricant for the screws could have contaminated the samples.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
• The virus spreads through droppings or the nasal discharge of an infected bird, which can contaminate dust and soil.
  — Josh Funk, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2022
• Because the germs on shoes can easily spread to your floors, and then contaminate your house as a result.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 14 Apr. 2022
• The same works to help keep out potential bacteria that can contaminate the greens and cause people to get sick.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Aug. 2022
• Their actions become more toxic and contaminate all of the folks around them.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
• One of Stevens’ frustrations in her first lab job had to do with the fact that microglial cells would contaminate her petri dishes.
  — Donna Jackson Nakazawa, Wired, 21 Jan. 2020
• Will the leaves and flowers from the oleander that fall into the swimming pool contaminate the pool water?
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 7 Oct. 2020
• Those later contaminate the soil, harm wildlife, and enter our food and water.
  — Emily Farra, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2020
• The other was that ashy sludge could contaminate the water itself.
  — Ella Nilsen, CNN, 3 Sep. 2022
• But cooking deli meat at high heat can kill any germs that may contaminate these products.
  — Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 22 July 2024
• This can lead to surface runoff, which can contaminate water, spread pathogens, seed algae blooms and kill fish.
  — Bennet Goldstein, Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
• The problem with putting a turkey on a higher shelf is that the juices, which are full of bacteria, can drip down and contaminate other food.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Nov. 2023
• My friend had not examined the measurements that proved that fracs from shale wells do not grow up and contaminate aquifers.
  — Ian Palmer, Forbes, 5 May 2021
• According to the plaintiffs, the waste from construction and traffic could contaminate the streams and harm fish.
  — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Dec. 2021
• Several multistate recalls of pet food contaminated with the bird flu virus have been announced in recent months by the FDA and pet food manufacturers.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2025
• The products are contaminated with a cleaning solution that contains bleach.
  — Jenna Anderson, Health, 31 Mar. 2025