How to Use incubation period in a Sentence

incubation period

noun

• The incubation period for the virus can be up to 14 days.
  — Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2020
• The idea is to get past the incubation period of the virus and limit further spread.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Oct. 2020
• Males defend the female and the nest through most of the incubation period.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 27 Dec. 2023
• There is an incubation period of some seven to 14 days, the CDC said.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 7 June 2022
• Their parent strain, BA.5, was said to have an incubation period of three to five days.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• The head of the agency said that will put them three weeks out from the last round of reopenings — and the virus’ typical incubation period.
  — Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2021
• The incubation period, the time between exposure to the virus and the onset of symptoms, passed two weeks ago.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2021
• The incubation period for the disease is anywhere from 2 days to three weeks, according to the WHO.
  — Staff and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2023
• The incubation period — the period from infection to the start of symptoms — is as short as two days to as long as three weeks.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
• Measles also has a long incubation period, which means that someone could have measles and not know it for as long as two or three weeks.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
• The incubation period for Covid-19 is at least two days.
  — Faye Chiu, CNN, 28 Dec. 2022
• Lopez became ill just 48 hours after the swap meet, which would have been a short incubation period.
  — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2020
• The Bears are not necessarily in the clear yet because of the sometimes lengthy incubation period of the virus.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 6 Nov. 2020
• At the time, early variants of the virus had a long incubation period (up to 14 days), and asymptomatic spread was common.
  — Linda Dahl, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2022
• The first stage is an incubation period where the virus takes hold right after the person is infected.
  — Michelle Shen, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2021
• The incubation period for the coronavirus is up to 14 days.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN, 4 Dec. 2020
• The virus usually has an incubation period of one to two weeks.
  — Tom Steele, Dallas News, 19 July 2021
• The incubation period of monkeypox is usually from six to 13 days but can range from five to 21 days, WHO says.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 30 May 2022
• The incubation period of monkeypox is usually from six to 13 days but can range from five to 21 days.
  — Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 20 May 2022
• The incubation period is usually seven to 14 days but can range from five to 21 days.
  — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2022
• The typical incubation period is seven to 14 days but can range from five to 21 days.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 6 July 2022
• The incubation period for the coronavirus can extend to 14 days or even longer.
  — Amina Khan Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2020
• But then, the incubation period got shorter as the variants evolved.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2022
• The incubation period from the time a person is exposed to when symptoms first appear can be anywhere from five to 21 days, according to the WHO.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 July 2022
• The incubation period for measles is very long, Murray adds.
  — Amanda Musa, CNN, 23 Jan. 2024
• The two-week quarantine time frame is called for because that's the length of the virus's incubation period — that is, the time from when a person is exposed to when symptoms develop.
  — NBC News, 9 Nov. 2020
• By the time the Beta variant was discovered a short time later, the incubation period had shortened to 4.5 days.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2022
• But over time, and as the virus mutated, the incubation period lessened.
  — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 16 June 2023
• After an exposure, there is an incubation period, where the virus travels to the brain.
  — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
• The incubation period when Tenacious D was in a gelatinous state.
  — Jonathan Cohen, Variety, 27 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024