How to Use infiltrate in a Sentence

infiltrate

verb
  • Attempts to infiltrate undercover agents into the gang have failed.
  • Water can easily infiltrate the soil.
  • The gang was infiltrated by undercover agents.
  • Bernard explains the meet was a set-up, an attempt to infiltrate her group.
    — Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 11 July 2022
  • Without it, walls can have a knock-on effect that infiltrates the rest of your room.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 7 June 2026
  • To survive, their small queens infiltrate the colonies of other ant species and lay eggs there.
    — Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2023
  • Eva, now suffering blackouts, gets a plea for help that leads her to infiltrate a club.
    — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2020
  • How has being a mom infiltrated your artistry?
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
  • There are many ways to infiltrate human culture.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Nessa infiltrates Maryam’s life as her nurse, aiming to find the truth.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2026
  • But hackers never stop finding new ways to infiltrate the store.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 1 Dec. 2021
  • But, one of those friends has been infiltrating the Housewives group.
    — Lia Beck, refinery29.com, 23 Apr. 2020
  • Their task was to infiltrate Britain’s most dangerous drug gangs.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Maybe predators will infiltrate the hen house, the ends of a fence don’t quite align or a mama will crush her litter.
    — Bennet Goldstein, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
  • For anyone whose home has been infiltrated by mice, or termites, pest control is worth the cost.
    — Ana Durrani, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • This is especially the case when the smell is musty, a sign that mold and mildew have infiltrated the fibers.
    — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Law enforcement has been trying to infiltrate the group, which led to these arrests.
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2020
  • To hear some American infiltrate my favorite dive was just too much.
    — Anton Hur, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026
  • If the little suckers have already infiltrated, here’s one way to kill them.
    — Kaitlin Menza, House Beautiful, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Unbeknownst to all, Daisy is a spy sent to infiltrate Gilead.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 27 May 2026
  • Rainwater can infiltrate the city’s old, leaky pipes, only adding to the problem.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2023
  • By infiltrating them, Fuentes is shaping the future of the right.
    — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Suitable for use both morning and night, this foaming cleanser is nondrying but still is strong enough to infiltrate and clear pores.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 May 2022
  • In the movie, a hero assembles a team to infiltrate the casino overrun by zombies.
    — Janet W. Lee, chicagotribune.com, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Newberry co-stars as a woman who infiltrates the cult in search of her missing sister.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Hunter could always shoot, but help defenders would stray off him if a driver infiltrated the lane.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Fuentes has already infiltrated the right.
    — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2025
  • The first colder air mass will infiltrate the East over the next couple of days and into the weekend.
    — Judson Jones, CNN, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Don’t let anybody infiltrate your system.
    — Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
  • As sea levels rise, more and more salt water tends to infiltrate global freshwater sources.
    — Rajiv Chowdhury, The Conversation, 15 Apr. 2026

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