How to Use infest in a Sentence

infest

verb
  • This tick is known to infest deer and a wide range of other hosts.
    — Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The paths through the bush are infested with these ticks, as are many back yards.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • All the adult dogs were dirty, flea-infested, and had long, untrimmed claws.
    — Thomas MacMillan, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Singh says bed bugs could infest the clothes inside of your luggage.
    — Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Singh says bed bugs could infest the clothes inside of your luggage.
    — Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 14 Jan. 2025
  • For the past three years, my home has been infested with biting gnats.
    — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 27 May 2023
  • Singh says bed bugs could infest the clothes inside your luggage.
    — Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • If the mulch is infested with pests or weed seeds, removal is a good idea.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
  • There are many species of round worms (nematodes) that can infest fish.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 27 May 2020
  • The moths infesting a pantry are not the same as moths hiding in your closet.
    — Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The moths infesting a pantry are not the same as moths hiding in your closet.
    — Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
  • Use hot water to wash any clothing that could have been infested.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 June 2026
  • Aphids and leaf miners are the most common garden pests to infest spinach.
    — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 29 Apr. 2026
  • My coleus leaves and stems are starting to be infested with mealybugs.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025
  • One was placed in a basement unit that had no heat and was infested with rats and spiders.
    — Maria Perez, jsonline.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • The tiny orange critters infest plants that are too dry or whose leaves are covered in dust.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2021
  • What should gardeners do about the aphids and bugs that infest milkweed stems and blooms?
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Singh says bedbugs could infest the clothes inside your luggage.
    — Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Fleas will plague you and your animals with itchy bites, then hitch a ride indoors to infest your home.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 May 2026
  • The beetles infest a tree by the end of summer and wait patiently in the wood.
    — Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2025
  • Stressed plants can be infested by soft green aphids, thin and dark flower thrips, or tiny spider mites.
    — Rebecca Bull Reed, Southern Living, 10 June 2024
  • Sometimes, the bug can infest people.
    — Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The twist is that the map is also infested with cube monsters that are trying to kill you.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 6 Nov. 2018
  • Seeds cannot be old and rotten, nor can they be infested with disease or insects.
    — Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025
  • It is most commonly carried by the black-legged or deer tick and can infest humans and pets.
    — Kaleb A. Brown, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2020
  • The royal palace is infested with evil spirits and one of them has taken hold of the young prince.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The downside was that chickens had already lived there, so it was infested with fleas.
    — National Geographic, 19 May 2017
  • No one wants mice moving into their home or infesting their garden.
    — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 9 May 2026
  • In the worst-case scenario, the pros may discover that your home is infested with a bat colony.
    — Health.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • No one knows how many thousands of pythons infest the Everglades.
    — David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com, 28 June 2019

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