How to Use COVID-19 in a Sentence

COVID-19

noun
  • Donors should be in good health with no cold, flu or COVID-19 symptoms.
    — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • This includes key work that led to COVID-19 vaccines.
    — Ryan Summers, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
  • There were no fans present at the game due to COVID-19 restrictions.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • That changed once the COVID-19 pandemic hit and his world shrunk.
    — Alyssa Ramos, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2026
  • And didn't know about asymptomatic COVID-19 spread at the time.
    — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • At the time, many places were still shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Then, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 24 Sep. 2025
  • What experts say about flu, COVID-19 vaccines.
    — Elissa Robinson, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • That game was delayed over an hour due to COVID-19 test processing.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Other times the chasers have pretended to be the COVID-19 virus.
    — Rebekah Willett, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The virus that causes COVID-19 is an RNA virus.
    — Kyle B. Enfield, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Then there’s the issue of paying for the COVID-19 vaccine.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Job openings are at their lowest since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 6 Feb. 2026
  • But just as the journey was about to begin, COVID-19 forced everything to a halt.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Furthermore, death from COVID-19 among children is highest in this young age group.
    — Pia Pannaraj, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Who is eligible for a COVID-19 shot?
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • With this set of events, COVID-19 vaccine access is in disarray.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The trip did not take place because of COVID-19 travel restrictions.
    — Eleanor Jacobs, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
  • But, by all accounts, the COVID-19 pandemic marked a turning point.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 26 Sep. 2025
  • As luck would have it, because of (COVID-19), the Masters was moved to the fall with no patrons.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 10 June 2026
  • Donors should be in good health with no cold, flu or COVID-19 symptoms and should bring a photo ID.
    — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 5 July 2026
  • Teams had to wipe down the balls after using them during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • In this case, researchers were able to use a leftover blood sample collected for a COVID-19 study.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • Much of the world was in lockdown, shielding away from the COVID-19 pandemic, and so was I.
    — Daryl Baxter, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But when the spread of COVID-19 pushed public and private employees to work from home, that trend reversed.
    — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026
  • Voting by mail has decreased since its peak during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • Wyle found himself in a funk after the COVID-19 pandemic hit and forced him to pause his career for the first time in years.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Hours later, the world began shutting down as the COVID-19 pandemic raged.
    — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The old arena was used as a hospital for a time during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • More than 81 percent of COVID-19 deaths occur in people over age 65.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 29 Aug. 2025

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