How to Use infect in a Sentence

infect

verb

• All the computers in the office were infected by the same virus.
• The virus has infected many people.
• If you're sick you should stay home to avoid infecting other people in the office.
• The virus has infected many computers.
• They were unable to prevent bacteria from infecting the wound.
• Her enthusiasm has infected everyone.
• You can easily get infected and there's no way to tell if a loose power line could be in there.
  — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
• The shift may involve changes outside the spike protein, which the virus uses to attach to and infect human cells.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2022
• Turns out, these phages attach themselves to the pili and flagella of bacteria in order to infect them.
  — Ivan Erill-University Of Maryland, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2022
• Gino found that curious leaders infect their teams with a similar mindset—in a good way.
  — Bala Sathyanarayanan, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
• That's because the protein that the virus uses to infect human cells, called the F protein, is a wily target.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 26 Oct. 2022
• Only the first four are thought to infect humans, according to the CDC.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2022
• Merck is also conducting an early-stage study of a separate vaccine that is designed to target strains predominantly found to infect children.
  — Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2022
• Mealybugs: These insects typically infect indoor plants.
  — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 31 Oct. 2022
• Children infected with rotavirus must be encouraged to drink fluids to prevent dehydration and the need for hospitalization.
  — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 25 Oct. 2024
• The fungus infects the base of the nail and sometimes the top of the foot.
  — Sarah Bradley, Health, 19 May 2024
• This link, the Times states, was the one that infected Seaford’s device.
  — Emma Roth, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2023
• The city had a well, which was infected with E. coli due to hog farming.
  — Grace Noble, Dallas News, 24 July 2023
• If there are rust spots on the petals, the plant may be infected with Camellia petal blight.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2024
• The fungus can infect the bloodstream and even cause death by invading the blood, heart and brain, the agency said.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
• The iPSCs could be a good way to figure out how the virus infects different cell types.
  — Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
• These are a group of viruses that are known to infect bacteria.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
• Even in the midst of the sorrow and the heaviness each of them has a sense of humor and is infected with the magic of Ireland.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
• The measles virus can stay in the air and infect others for up to two hours after a contagious person has left the room.
  — Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
• Dalton would scan for new species of exploitable devices and write code to infect them.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
• About 80% of Merkel cell tumors are infected with the Merkel cell polyomavirus.
  — Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023
• The seals may have been infected by living near or eating sick and dead birds.
  — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
• In up to 10 percent of those infected, some symptoms can last for years.
  — Ashli Blow, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
• While dogs can get infected by the H5N1 bird flu, reports of illness among dogs are rare.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2024
• Most who are infected with the virus show no symptoms, but some may feel a fever or flu-like illness.
  — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024