How to Use invade in a Sentence

invade

verb

• The troops invaded at dawn.
• When tourists invade, the town is a very different place.
• Weeds had invaded the garden.
• The cancer eventually invaded the brain.
• Bacteria invaded and caused an infection.
• All the more so when the Arab-state armies invaded in May.
  — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
• The split skin opens the door for fruit-rotting microbes to invade.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2023
• On one side of the park was the invading Russian army; on the other sat the Ukrainian front line.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 18 July 2023
• Toward the end of the film, Russia has invaded Ukraine.
  — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 9 July 2023
• It was shut down by the state in 2021, right before the country invaded Ukraine.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 28 July 2023
• That same month, the Israeli army made good on their promise to invade Rafah.
  — Ahmed Abu Artema, TIME, 12 Oct. 2024
• But rattlesnakes have been known to invade yards and homes if the conditions are right.
  — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2024
• Enemies seen are the Fallen, Vex and Hive as the Earth starts to be invaded.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
• Then, as Russia prepared to invade Ukraine, the tide started to turn.
  — Byshannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2022
• With an army this large, the Pact was able to invade at multiple points, from the Baltic coast down to southern Germany.
  — Michael Peck, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
• This causes the cheese to look like the rinds were disappearing as the mold invaded their cheese cave.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 May 2023
• Which is to regress in time, to invade childhood or injustice.
  — Ilana Luna, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
• Early this month, three homes were invaded in as many days.
  — Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
• Melanoma is less common but more likely to invade tissues and spread to other parts of the body, according to the AAD.
  — Amy McGorry, Fox News, 5 July 2023
• The terms are almost exactly the same as the ceasefire in 2006 — the last time Israel invaded Lebanon.
  — Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
• In the burger wars, Shake Shack invaded Los Angeles years ago from the east.
  — Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
• Oil prices, which soared last year when Russia invaded Ukraine, could do so again.
  — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 19 July 2023
• The strike is one of the deadliest to hit the city since Russia invaded in February 2022.
  — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
• To step on someone’s shoes is to invade their space, their freedom, their sense of self, and to do so is dangerous to the stepper.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
• Brody’s 2003 Oscar win came a few days after the U.S. invaded Iraq.
  — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
• Sparkle Theater, in which the entire game is set, has been invaded by new villain Grape and henchman, the Sour Bunch.
  — USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
• It's now been over two years since Russia invaded Ukraine.
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
• That came to an abrupt end after Russia invaded Ukraine and cut off most of its supply.
  — David McHugh and Matthew Daly, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2024
• The conflict began in 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine.
  — William Gavin, Quartz, 22 Jan. 2025
• Still, 23 non-roster invitees will invade the Astros’ major-league clubhouse in hopes of opening eyes or winning one of the few precious Opening Day spots still available.
  — Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 12 Feb 2025