How to Use contagious in a Sentence

contagious

adjective

• I have a cold and I'm still contagious.
• It's a highly contagious virus.
• I'm sick, but the doctor says I'm not contagious.
• The most contagious yet, and numbers are rising again across the nation.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 11 July 2022
• Some patterns are still similar — new subvariants keep emerging that are even more contagious.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022
• The disease is transmissible from pets to humans and is highly contagious.
  — Laxmi Corp, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 July 2022
• The child experienced mild symptoms, and the levels of bird flu detected were low, so they were not believed to be contagious.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
• The energy is contagious — pay it forward with compassion!
  — Lisa Stardust, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
• The energy and momentum generated by the rapid-fire, around the circle studying were contagious.
  — Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
• Mumps is contagious and has no specific cure, but the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine reduces your risk of getting sick.
  — Sarah Bradley, Health, 28 Nov. 2024
• The vaccine mandate comes as Beijing reported three cases of the highly contagious Omicron subvariant.
  — Eliza MacKintosh, CNN, 13 July 2022
• The highly contagious virus presents as sores in the mouth and rashes on the hands and feet.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2022
• The virus can stay active and contagious in the air or on surfaces for up to two hours.
  — Korin Miller, Health, 19 Jan. 2024
• The trick here is to sauté the mirepoix until the flavors bloom — and are at their most contagious.
  — Michelle Huneven, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
• The scoring got contagious as the Owls pounded away inside to close out the game.
  — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2024
• And the disease was so contagious that farmers often had to kill their birds to avoid the flu.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
• Your love and spirit is contagious to all who've met you.
  — Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2022
• The crowd’s energy was contagious, the songs were karaoke-esque and heat from the pyro could be felt all the way to the back of the open-air space.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2022
• The factors that make a virus more contagious are varied.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 7 Mar. 2023
• Her jumps were soaring through the air and her school spirit was contagious.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2023
• The great concern is that the virus will evolve and become more contagious among humans.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 17 June 2024
• Is contagious standard gone on a team needing to build grit to their grandeur?
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2024
• Again, this is not Covid-19 -- this virus is not nearly as contagious.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN, 24 Aug. 2022
• None of the birds in the park’s collection are believed to have been exposed to the highly contagious virus.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
• The spirit of the place is contagious, wrapping you up in nostalgia and psyching you up for the game.
  — Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
• The dogs’ excitement is contagious and hasn’t died down at all.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
• The disease is not contagious and can’t spread from human to human.
  — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2024
• Ronnie always came to practice with a smile on this face and his passion for the game was contagious.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2022
• Measles is one of the most contagious viruses that infects humans.
  — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
• In the eyes of some, the fact that Biden even caught the virus highlights the failure to stop the virus’s transmission, as ever-more-contagious variants evolve and spread.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024