How to Use virulence in a Sentence

virulence

noun

• I was surprised by the virulence of the criticism.
• In this story, the South was a place apart, different from the rest of the country in the virulence of its white supremacy.
  — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2018
• Danger lurks everywhere, from the virulence of the delta variant to the fires and floods of climate change.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 28 Sep. 2021
• The trend that will begin to tell the story of omicron’s virulence is a ratio.
  — al, 24 Dec. 2021
• The trend that will begin to tell the story of Omicron’s virulence is a ratio.
  — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2021
• Spain saw fires that showed the virulence of a summer outbreak break out as early as March.
  — Joseph Wilson, ajc, 25 June 2023
• Burgers said this change in virulence likely has to do with how the virus’s anatomy changed.
  — Fortune, 4 Jan. 2022
• Screaming, spitting virulence swarmed the man dressed in neo-Nazi garb.
  — Joseph Goodman, AL.com, 22 Oct. 2017
• That would start everything all over again: a new strain, with new virulence.
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 28 Mar. 2019
• The number of people who get the flu shot, for example, doesn’t change much from year to year, even as flu strains vary in their virulence.
  — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2021
• The coronavirus is held in chains, immovable and shorn of its virulence.
  — Tulasi Srinivas, The Conversation, 15 June 2020
• These strains arise when the weakened live virus used in the oral polio vaccine (OPV) mutates and regains its virulence.
  — Leslie Roberts, Science | AAAS, 10 July 2019
• The type 2 viruses in live polio vaccine were the most likely to regain virulence.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 23 Feb. 2022
• That could be any of the Big Three, but consider two examples: a juice-up in immune evasion, or a surge in virulence.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2022
• In nearby Salyersville, the virulence of the delta variant has shaken some holdouts.
  — Sarah Varney, The Courier-Journal, 22 Oct. 2021
• In the future, this new resistant line can serve as a diagnostic test to assess the virulence of any new Xoo strains that crop up.
  — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2019
• Avian virulence and thermostable replication of the North American strain of West Nile virus.
  — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2013
• But the real target and virulence of their bill is the set of financial measures aimed squarely at Russia.
  — chicagotribune.com, 28 July 2017
• The virulence of any pathogen depends not just on its own qualities but on the preparedness of the human immune system.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2022
• The scale and virulence of that scheme began to take shape at the opening House hearing investigating 1/6.
  — Eric Tucker, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2022
• Any small decrease in virulence likely will be offset by the large increase in caseload that's predicted, LaBaer said.
  — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2022
• The virus may also be growing weaker in virulence but more infectious over time.
  — T. Jacob John, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2020
• That’s in part because there are so many strains, and the virus is prone to mutations that change its virulence and transmissibility.
  — Maggie Fox, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2018
• Mariamman, on the other hand, carries a scimitar with which to smite and decapitate the demons of virulence and illness.
  — Tulasi Srinivas, The Conversation, 15 June 2020
• The rest of the matter is a combination of the virus’s virulence, and the availability of vaccines and therapeutics.
  — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 14 Mar. 2022
• For instance, a strain that spreads more easily often loses some of its virulence.
  — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2021
• But what appears to be greater virulence may be simply the result of the Delta variant’s greater contagiousness, some experts say.
  — New York Times, 3 Aug. 2021
• If Omicron is twice as transmissible as Delta, even a 50% reduction in virulence will be a wash.
  — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2021
• Because of its virulence, that could overwhelm hospitals and has prompted widespread calls for people to stay home.
  — Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2020
• Influenza may be the world’s most familiar viral pathogen—its genome, virulence, and transmission patterns have been studied for decades.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 5 May 2024

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024