INFECT in a Sentence

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64 example sentences for INFECT, such as:

1. The horse's terror infected the men.
2. I have infected everything I touched.
3. The infection did not respond to the drugs.
4. The urethra was the primary site of infection.
5. We are trying to trace the source of infection.

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 Meanings and Examples of INFECT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
infect
 v.  bring into contact with a substance that can cause illness
Classic Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1  Meg stayed at home, lest she should infect the Kings, and kept house, feeling very anxious and a little guilty when she wrote letters in which no mention was made of Beth's illness.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
2  I will not have this room shunned as if it were infected, at the pleasure of a child.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8. MY HOLIDAYS. ESPECIALLY ONE HAPPY AFTERNOON
3  I have infected everything I touched.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 39. WICKFIELD AND HEEP
4  Shame at their spiritual nakedness crushed her and infected him.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 11
5  Alexey Alexandrovitch had begun to speak boldly, but as he realized plainly what he was speaking of, the dismay she was feeling infected him too.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 29
6  His awkwardness infected the pretty sister-in-law too.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 26
7  Levin looked round at her, and was struck by the joyful radiance on her face, and unconsciously her feeling infected him.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 6
8  The spark of joy kindled in Kitty seemed to have infected everyone in the church.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 6
9  Even the servants were infected by the general gaiety.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
10  The cheerful mood of their officers after the inspection infected the soldiers.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
11  The horse's terror infected the men.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXXVI
12  Thanks to her activity and energy, which infected her fellow travelers, they approached Yaroslavl by the end of the second week.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER XIV
13  For the last month this wretched house had presented the gloomy appearance of a lazaretto infected with the plague.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 99. The Law.
14  Some ardor of the air which was causing the veteran commands to move with glee--almost with song--had infected the new regiment.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
15  Noah started up without saying a word; for the Jew was in a state of such intense excitement that it infected him.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
Example Sentence: (40 in 3 pages)
16  The drug must be taken from the onset of the infection.
17  Antibiotics is effective to cure throat infection.
18  People can fight infection more easily if they have an adequate diet.
19  Hot applications helped to localize the infection.
20  All blood products are now heat treated to kill off any infection.
21  The risk of infection is confined to groups such as medical personnel.
22  If the primary infection is not treated further outbreaks may occur.
23  The operation had left her susceptible to infection.
24  Dressings are changed four hourly to help prevent infection.
25  Vaccination is essential to protect people exposed to hepatitis B infection.
26  The infection did not respond to the drugs.
27  There has been significant progress in in understanding the HIV infection.
28  The urethra was the primary site of infection.
29  We are trying to trace the source of infection.
30  The Chinese respondents were quite well informed the three main routes of infection: unprotected sex, dirty needles, and mother-to-child transmission.