How to Use infect in a Sentence

infect

verb

• All the computers in the office were infected by the same virus.
• The virus has infected many people.
• If you're sick you should stay home to avoid infecting other people in the office.
• The virus has infected many computers.
• They were unable to prevent bacteria from infecting the wound.
• Her enthusiasm has infected everyone.
• The fungus infects the base of the nail and sometimes the top of the foot.
  — Sarah Bradley, Health, 19 May 2024
• This link, the Times states, was the one that infected Seaford’s device.
  — Emma Roth, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2023
• The city had a well, which was infected with E. coli due to hog farming.
  — Grace Noble, Dallas News, 24 July 2023
• If there are rust spots on the petals, the plant may be infected with Camellia petal blight.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2024
• The the first thing researchers needed to do was make sure the illness would not infect the public.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2022
• Those first two are cancers in the cells lining the throat and stomach, which EBV can infect.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2022
• The fungus can infect the bloodstream and even cause death by invading the blood, heart and brain, the agency said.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
• The iPSCs could be a good way to figure out how the virus infects different cell types.
  — Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
• These are a group of viruses that are known to infect bacteria.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
• Even in the midst of the sorrow and the heaviness each of them has a sense of humor and is infected with the magic of Ireland.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
• Only the first four are thought to infect humans, according to the CDC.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2022
• The measles virus can stay in the air and infect others for up to two hours after a contagious person has left the room.
  — Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
• Dalton would scan for new species of exploitable devices and write code to infect them.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
• The disease and parasites from the corpse would then infect the live person and slowly kill him.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 4 June 2022
• About 80% of Merkel cell tumors are infected with the Merkel cell polyomavirus.
  — Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023
• The seals may have been infected by living near or eating sick and dead birds.
  — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
• Viruses must infect cells and use components of the host cell to make copies of themselves.
  — USA Today, 23 May 2022
• In up to 10 percent of those infected, some symptoms can last for years.
  — Ashli Blow, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
• To infect any living thing, the virus must get into its cells, which isn’t always easy.
  — Laura Ungar, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2022
• While dogs can get infected by the H5N1 bird flu, reports of illness among dogs are rare.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2024
• Most who are infected with the virus show no symptoms, but some may feel a fever or flu-like illness.
  — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
• While some groups of people are at greater risk of getting the disease, the germs that cause the illness can infect anyone.
  — Rebecca A. Drummond, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2023
• Spores of fungi can travel thousands of miles, infecting people and plants.
  — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
• In July 2021, the pope underwent a three-hour surgery to remove part of his colon, in response to diverticulitis, a condition that can infect or inflame the colon.
  — Juliana Kim, NPR, 17 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 5 Mar 2025