How to Use vaccinate in a Sentence

vaccinate

verb
  • We vaccinate all the animals that come to our shelter.
  • The need is urgent: The drive to vaccinate the world is losing steam.
    New York Times, 9 May 2022
  • And young men who haven’t been vaccinated can still get the shots.
    Carla K. Johnson, Fortune Well, 23 May 2024
  • One of the best ways to prevent rotavirus is to vaccinate your child.
    Sarah Bradley, Health, 23 Oct. 2024
  • But over the past 10 months, it has been repurposed as a site to vaccinate adults against Covid-19.
    Nicholas Bariyo, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2022
  • Now there is enough to vaccinate adults and children, and for booster shots.
    Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2021
  • This is also the guy who told people not to wear masks, not to lock down, not to get vaccinated.
    Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The owner would be required to vaccinate and microchip Buster, the city said in a letter to the owner on May 17.
    Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 18 July 2023
  • If people of color did not take their kids to the doctor and didn’t vaccinate them, CPS would be there.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Public health experts say the best way to reduce the spread of measles is to get vaccinated.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • However, the road to vaccinate the country has not been easy.
    Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2021
  • About 80% of those children weren't vaccinated for the flu.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The wait may soon be over for parents looking to vaccinate their children 5 years old and younger.
    Andrew Marquardt, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The doctor sent the vaccine matter between two pieces of glass to Oller, who used it to vaccinate his two sons.
    Jim Downs, STAT, 23 June 2022
  • That’s because the poorest countries have been left behind in the efforts to vaccinate the world against covid-19.
    David Yanofsky, Quartz, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Moderna is seeking to be the first to vaccinate the littlest kids.
    Lauran Neergaard, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2022
  • There are no plans to vaccinate children under 6 months of age.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 9 June 2022
  • There is a strong moral mandate to vaccinate the world—but there is also a practical one.
    Melody Schreiber, The New Republic, 1 Dec. 2021
  • More than half of those with long Covid had been fully vaccinated.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Now, some parents ask for her by name to vaccinate their children.
    Jennifer Lotito, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Babies need to be vaccinated at 2 months, 4 months and 6 months.
    Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Kit is not fully vaccinated yet, so he cannot be taken to parks or on walks, the shelter said.
    Paloma Chavez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Jan. 2025
  • And what better way to do that, than to vaccinate together.
    Leah Campbell, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Users can save a certificate or a QR code that proves they are vaccinated.
    Devi Shastri, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2023
  • All the more reason to vaccinate, mask and distance, and to enjoy the freedoms that come with those precautions.
    Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Last month, the city started to vaccinate young people between the ages of 12 and 17 in preparation for the reopening of schools.
    Hau Dinh, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Dec. 2021
  • But Schaffner said some Americans just need a bit of a push to get vaccinated.
    Julia Landwehr, Health, 14 Nov. 2023
  • In Connecticut, all dogs and cats over the age 3 months are required by law to be vaccinated against rabies.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 12 Dec. 2024
  • There will be up to 10 million doses available by the end of the first quarter of next year, enough to vaccinate 5 million people, the spokesperson said.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Leptospirosis, a potentially fatal disease spread by rats, is a danger, but Katie is vaccinated against it twice a year.
    Andy Newman, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024

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