INFECT in a Sentence
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64 example sentences for INFECT, such as:
1. The horse's terror infected the men.
2. I have infected everything I touched.
3. An infected person can pass the virus to others.
4. One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine.
5. Even the servants were infected by the general gaiety.
2. I have infected everything I touched.
3. An infected person can pass the virus to others.
4. One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine.
5. Even the servants were infected by the general gaiety.
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Meanings and Examples of INFECT
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infect
v. affect in a contagious way
v. communicate a disease to
Classic Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1 Meg stayed at home, lest she should infect the Kings, and kept house, feeling very anxious and a little guilty when she wrote letters in which no mention was made of Beth's illness.
2 I will not have this room shunned as if it were infected, at the pleasure of a child.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 8. MY HOLIDAYS. ESPECIALLY ONE HAPPY AFTERNOON
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 8. MY HOLIDAYS. ESPECIALLY ONE HAPPY AFTERNOON
3 I have infected everything I touched.
4 Shame at their spiritual nakedness crushed her and infected him.
5 Alexey Alexandrovitch had begun to speak boldly, but as he realized plainly what he was speaking of, the dismay she was feeling infected him too.
6 His awkwardness infected the pretty sister-in-law too.
7 Levin looked round at her, and was struck by the joyful radiance on her face, and unconsciously her feeling infected him.
8 The spark of joy kindled in Kitty seemed to have infected everyone in the church.
9 Even the servants were infected by the general gaiety.
10 The cheerful mood of their officers after the inspection infected the soldiers.
11 The horse's terror infected the men.
12 Thanks to her activity and energy, which infected her fellow travelers, they approached Yaroslavl by the end of the second week.
13 For the last month this wretched house had presented the gloomy appearance of a lazaretto infected with the plague.
14 Some ardor of the air which was causing the veteran commands to move with glee--almost with song--had infected the new regiment.
15 Noah started up without saying a word; for the Jew was in a state of such intense excitement that it infected him.
Example Sentence: (40 in 3 pages)
1 It is not possible to infect another person through kissing.
2 A single mosquito can infect a large number of people.
3 He had no choice, even though this simple act might signal their presence to an enemy; they could not pick up something that would rot feet or infect skin.
4 Hackers have begun exploiting the newly identified Shellshock computer bug, also widely known as the "Bash bug," using fast-moving worm viruses to scan for vulnerable systems and then infect them, researchers warned on Thursday.
5 One of the boys in the class had a fever and he soon infected other children.
6 An infected person can pass the virus to others.
7 If the plant has been infected you will see dark protuberances along the stems.
8 The disease spreads by sexual contact between infected animals.
9 As many as ten-million children will have been infected with the virus by the end of the decade.
10 One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine.
11 Unfortunately these drugs are quite toxic and hinder the body's ability to fight off infection.
12 There are many creams available from the chemist which should clear the infection.
13 This new type of infection is resistant to antibiotics.
14 This acute infection of the brain is almost invariably fatal.
15 Our doctor diagnosed a throat infection and prescribed antibiotic and junior aspirin.