How to Use amoeba in a Sentence

amoeba

noun
  • This is in the same range as some of the large viruses that attack amoeba.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2020
  • So, the risk of having your brain dissolved by a rogue amoeba is very low.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2023
  • How to tell if the water has brain-eating amoeba?
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Child dies of rare, brain-eating amoeba found at Texas splash pad.
    — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2021
  • What are the chances of getting a brain-eating amoeba?
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The amoeba is found in warm freshwater such as lakes, rivers, ponds and canals.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 6 July 2020
  • At some point an amoeba ate a bacterium but could not digest it.
    — Dick Teresi, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2011
  • The brain-eating amoeba is not the only one to be worried about.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Long mistaken for fungi, they are now classed as a type of amoeba.
    — Katia Moskvitch, WIRED, 14 July 2018
  • When water gets up the nose, the amoeba can enter and travel up to reach the brain.
    — Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The water-loving amoeba is often found in warm lakes, rivers and host springs.
    — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2020
  • The episode's group date — awkward, amoeba-like dates — centered on a debate.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 3 July 2018
  • That’s where the little amoeba passes through to the skull cavity and eats your brain.
    — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 25 June 2018
  • Don't dig in shallow water because the amoeba is more likely to live there.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Last summer, the amoeba is believed to have caused two deaths in the Midwest.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2023
  • Brain-eating amoeba is most commonly found in warm fresh waters such as lakes, rivers and hot springs.
    — Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 3 June 2025
  • Brain-eating amoeba is most commonly found in warm fresh waters such as lakes, rivers and hot springs.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
  • Despite the oceanic source, the virus grew nicely in fresh water amoebae.
    — Ars Technica, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2011
  • From above, the appendages look like the protuberances of an amoeba.
    — Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Is brain-eating amoeba treatable?
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The amoeba often infects a person by entering the body through the nose.
    — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 5 July 2020
  • The amoeba can’t infect people if swallowed and isn’t spread from person to person.
    — Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The agency did not release the age or gender of the person who died from exposure to the amoeba.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
  • While the risk of infection is rare, the amoeba is incredibly lethal.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
  • Millions of people are exposed to the amoeba every year, but only a handful get sick from it.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 30 Sep. 2021
  • This marks the third time the amoeba has been detected in the water since 2015.
    — CBS News, 13 June 2018
  • Rarely, an amoeba that lives in certain bodies of freshwater can enter the nose and travel to the brain.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The paths full of the amoeba-attracting acid are colored purple, and the amoebas appear as blue ovals.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Sep. 2020
  • The splash pad was shut down on September 8 and the city began testing its water for the amoeba.
    — Alison Medley, Houston Chronicle, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Where is brain-eating amoeba usually found in Arizona?
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025

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