How to Use coronavirus in a Sentence

coronavirus

noun
  • The coronavirus has been a shifty foe, with new variants and subvariants rapidly evolving to evade vaccines and treatments.
    oregonlive, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Indeed, childhood vaccinations have taken a hit since the arrival of the coronavirus.
    Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor dec. 13, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
  • And many students got into financial trouble during the pandemic when their work-study jobs were cut because of the coronavirus.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The coronavirus, on the other hand, is primarily transmitted through the air — namely when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Daly also added a heartfelt thank you to healthcare professionals for their help in delivering Goldie as well as in fighting the coronavirus.
    Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2022
  • State workplace regulators on Thursdaypassed a new set of rules that companies must follow to slow the spread of the coronavirus in work settings.
    Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The coronavirus itself also remains a scourge: Officials at the event required attendees to wear masks amid an alarming rise in case numbers in the city.
    Katie Rogers, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Holiday celebrations and pandemic fatigue stand in the way of some of the most effective precautions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
    Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Chevron made the deal when crude prices were down more than 30% in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
    Michelle Chapman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2023
  • But, as the couple prepared to open the doors for the first time, the country was still in the very first stages of the coronavirus pandemic.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 23 May 2024
  • The 2024 Summer Games will be the first to take place out from under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 May 2023
  • The sign on the door is not a holdover from some earlier stage of the coronavirus pandemic.
    Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Anti-Asian hate crimes decreased for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
    Josh Feldman, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Soon after Helms came to the US in 2019, the world largely shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
  • But the latest coronavirus variants can evade the drug.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2023
  • In 2020, as the world shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, Mx.
    Alix Strauss, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
  • Stay informed about coronavirus rates in the area and be prepared to adapt if needed.
    Andy Kessler, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The election is the first since the U.K. left the European Union in early 2020 and since the coronavirus pandemic.
    Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 July 2024
  • The 31-year-old dreads the thought of the payments, which have been on pause since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, resuming.
    Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023
  • The show skidded off track in 2020 — canceled at the last minute because of the coronavirus outbreak — and had been stalled until now.
    James Brooks and Jamey Keaten, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024
  • And, because of coronavirus [lockdowns], these guys grew their hair for two years.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023
  • In early 2020, when the coronavirus was still a distant concern, my wife and I booked an AirAsia flight to Bali.
    Mac Schwerin, The Atlantic, 14 June 2023
  • The 2020 London Marathon was held on a closed-loop course because of the coronavirus pandemic.
    John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • In the fall of 2020, before the United States presidential election, the world was still in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic.
    Lauretta Charlton, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
  • That huge census project was meant to take place in 2021, but was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, and has been stalled ever since.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The concept was introduced to Neville by Pharrell four years ago amid the prime of the coronavirus pandemic.
    Ime Ekpo, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
  • At one point, Sayfullo Saipov pulled his coronavirus mask away from his face to wipe around his eyes as his father cried.
    Larry Neumeister, ajc, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Moran plans to wear an N95 mask on the plane, skip indoor restaurants and pack coronavirus tests and the antiviral treatment Paxlovid in her suitcase.
    Fenit Nirappil, Aara'l Yarber and Sheila Regan, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2023
  • But as new challenges have emerged — the coronavirus pandemic, election denialism, water availability and other issues — supervisors have been forced to the forefront of political conversation in Arizona.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2024
  • The fraud, which took place at a time during the coronavirus pandemic when government funds flowed freely with minimal oversight, now has produced a total of 70 indictments and brought about new government controls around grant dollars.
    Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2024

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