How to Use infected in a Sentence

infected

adjective
  • The team has found two more infected birds since the study ended.
    — Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Give the infected plant a lot of full sun and treat it with fungicide.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2025
  • The virus spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
    — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Measles spreads when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The virus can live for up to two hours in the air where the infected person was present.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Cats can be great pest control, but an infected mouse could pose threats to their health.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Measles is a virus that spreads through the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks.
    — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The virus can be spread from one infected plant to others through your hands, gloves, or tools.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 17 June 2026
  • Burn infected plants or bag and dispose.
    — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Powassan virus is spread to people through a bite from an infected tick.
    — Emily Vetter, USA Today, 16 June 2026
  • The virus can linger in the air for up to two hours after an infected person has left.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Those infected may feel or see maggots moving in the wound.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Do not squeeze its body, which could force infected fluids into the skin.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 22 June 2026
  • The virus is spread through the bite of an infected mosquito.
    — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 19 May 2026
  • Each disease can kill more than one in five infected victims.
    — Steven Carl Quay, Washington Post, 9 June 2026
  • People can get plague when they are bitten by infected fleas.
    — Becca Longmire, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Droplets can linger in the air for up to two hours after an infected person has been there.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 2 June 2025
  • Healthy roots are a light yellow or white in color; infected roots are brown or black.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 8 May 2026
  • Treat the plant with a fungicide and remove any infected leaves.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
  • As a result, the virus could not spread beyond the first infected cells.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Measles can stay in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves the area.
    — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 30 Dec. 2025
  • There wasn’t soap to wash our hands between infected wounds with maggots.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
  • Measles is known to stay in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves the area.
    — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Measles is known to stay in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves the area.
    — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The virus can remain in the air for two hours after an infected person has left.
    — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2025
  • An infected bite can be red warm or include a red streak spreading outward.
    — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 8 June 2023
  • The immune systems of most adults who become infected are able to clear the virus.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The illness required her to have surgery to remove the infected parts of her spine.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
  • These droplets can remain in the air an hour after an infected person coughs.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
  • Even then, an infected person can spread the virus to at most one other person.
    — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026

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