How to Use smallpox in a Sentence

smallpox

noun
  • It was used around the world against smallpox in the 1970s.
    Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Tpoxx was approved in the U.S. to treat smallpox in 2018.
    Joseph Walker, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The virus originated in Africa and is the cousin of the smallpox virus.
    Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 5 Sep. 2022
  • In the 1800s, smallpox vaccine was shipped across the channel to France.
    Albert Bourla, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • That vaccine is the smallpox vaccine, at the same dose adults get.
    The Enquirer, 4 June 2023
  • Faces in the crowd could be spotted with smallpox scars.
    Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The virus is similar to the one that causes smallpox, the CDC says.
    George Petras, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Mpox is a cousin of smallpox, with both viruses causing rashes on the skin and in the mouth.
    Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 1 June 2023
  • At the time, the threat of smallpox wasn’t something to be taken lightly.
    Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Scientists don’t know where the virus in the smallpox vaccine came from.
    The Atlantic Science Desk, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Moctezuma’s brother, who took the throne next, died of smallpox, a disease brought by the Spaniards.
    Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Some of the images depict tragedy, like the year that the Lakota people faced smallpox.
    April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The virus is in the same family of viruses as that which causes smallpox.
    Brook Endale, The Enquirer, 26 July 2022
  • All eyes land on Cushing’s face, serene, tough, and pockmarked from a bout with smallpox.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 12 June 2021
  • The mpox virus, is a milder version of its relation, smallpox.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Of these, the most common are measles, mumps, rubella, polio, flu, smallpox and tetanus.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2021
  • The world was riddled with smallpox, which killed one-third of all infected.
    Hannah Seo, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Cy Tolliver tries to deny it, but the truth is as plain as smallpox scars.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2021
  • The shot was approved for use against smallpox and monkeypox in 2019.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The only disease that has been wiped out in humans is smallpox.
    Dallas News, 15 July 2021
  • The process had a 2% death rate, as compared to the minimal risk modern smallpox vaccine.
    Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2021
  • The disease can be treated with the antiviral drugs used to prevent against smallpox.
    Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2022
  • He was blinded at four by smallpox and, as a non-believer in a believing time and place, lived alone in a cave.
    Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The last natural outbreak of smallpox in the United States occurred in 1949.
    Fox News, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The study is the first to demonstrate that poxviruses, which include both monkeypox and smallpox, can spread in this manner.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2022
  • According to the Mayo Clinic, there is no treatment or cure for smallpox.
    Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Peale didn’t omit Washington’s smallpox scars from his left cheek.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Monkeypox is one, as is smallpox and cowpox, the latter of which is rare in humans.
    Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The messages about how kingdom rulers mandated the smallpox vaccine in the 1850s doesn’t resonate with him.
    Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The disease is thought to be caused by a virus that jumped from animals to humans and causes symptoms similar to smallpox.
    Charles Ebikeme, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024

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