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.
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Many people can be contagious up to two weeks after coughing.
— Sam Tupper, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024 -
Parvovirus is highly contagious for dogs and is common in Michigan.
— Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2022 -
Keiley said the diseases are highly contagious to ruminants such as goats, sheep, llamas, alpacas, and cows.
— Katie Mogg, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022 -
However, bacteria within a tonsil stone can lead to a throat infection that may be contagious.
— Sarah Hudgens, Health, 5 Oct. 2024 -
This raises a key question: Do such individuals harbor enough virus to be contagious to others?
— Robert B. Darnell, STAT, 12 Aug. 2022 -
Measles is so contagious, for every person who has it, up to nine out of 10 people around them will get measles if not fully vaccinated, Pruitt said.
— Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2022 -
As a restaurant owner, his commitment to relationships was contagious.
— Maria Tedesco, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024 -
Rotavirus is highly contagious and easily transmitted among young children.
— Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024 -
Those cats tested positive for panleukopenia, a highly contagious and life-threatening infectious disease in cats.
— Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022 -
The funkiness that automatically spills from Wonder was contagious not only to an audience that stood most of the show, but even the musicians.
— Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024 -
Further, the fact that there have only been 35 cases in three years suggest slow transmission, and there is no evidence yet to indicate that the virus is contagious between human.
— Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 10 Aug. 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 -
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
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