INFECTIOUS in a Sentence

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12 example sentences for INFECTIOUS, such as:

1. The vagary of Timothy Fairway was infectious.
2. This kind of hospitality is infectious and makes traveling in Mexico a joy.
3. Her contempt for me was so strong, that it became infectious, and I caught it.
4. Her joy was so infectious that he momentarily forgot his own fears for the future.
5. And the infectious poison of that sin had been thus rapidly diffused throughout his moral system.

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 Meanings and Examples of INFECTIOUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
infectious
 a.  contagious; contaminating
Classic Sentence:
1  And the infectious poison of that sin had been thus rapidly diffused throughout his moral system.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
2  Her contempt for me was so strong, that it became infectious, and I caught it.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
3  The simple-hearted Marya Yevgenyevna simply roared with laughter at everything absurd the prince said, and his jokes made Varenka helpless with feeble but infectious laughter, which was something Kitty had never seen before.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 35
4  Veslovsky was laughing his infectious, good-humored laugh.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 11
5  "This is not a lying-in home, but a hospital for the sick, and is intended for all diseases, except infectious complaints," he said.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 20
6  The vagary of Timothy Fairway was infectious.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 3 The Custom of the Country
7  Indeed, his mood was infectious, for I lay tossing half the night myself, brooding over this strange problem, and inventing a hundred theories, each of which was more impossible than the last.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
8  "I don't see how they can help it," returned Mr. Brooke, laughing so infectiously that Mrs. March could not help smiling.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Example Sentence:
1  This kind of hospitality is infectious and makes traveling in Mexico a joy.
2  The burden of infectious diseases, including HIV, as well as chronic conditions, coupled with a lack of health care, has led to this situation.
3  Pneumonia is the single greatest infectious threat to the lives of children in developing countries.
4  Her joy was so infectious that he momentarily forgot his own fears for the future.