How to Use invade in a Sentence

invade

verb
  • The troops invaded at dawn.
  • When tourists invade, the town is a very different place.
  • Weeds had invaded the garden.
  • The cancer eventually invaded the brain.
  • Bacteria invaded and caused an infection.
  • These are the trees that will invade.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Weeds love to invade bare spots.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 31 May 2026
  • Ants are invading homes this spring.
    — Dan Simms, USA Today, 15 May 2026
  • Trump has not even invaded Iran, at least not yet.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
  • It's invaded Ukraine twice over the last eleven years.
    — CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The split skin opens the door for fruit-rotting microbes to invade.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2023
  • So what’s the point of invading Venezuela?
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Maybe Greenland should invade us first!
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The copies then burst out of the cells and invade other cells, spreading through the body.
    — NBC News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Liz wants to invade the whole Middle East.
    — Dan Mangan,leslie Josephs,spencer Kimball,cj Haddad,justin Papp,jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2026
  • And when someone tried to invade it, there was only one response.
    — Keith Gessen, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2022
  • But rattlesnakes have been known to invade yards and homes if the conditions are right.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2024
  • Not when his airspace was invaded, pump-faking and back-cutting his way to the rim.
    — Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The sand was undisturbed and largely grown over with invading plants.
    — Joel M. Vance, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
  • It's invaded Ukraine twice over the last 11 years.
    — CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Russia invaded Ukraine four years ago this month.
    — Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 16 Feb. 2026
  • And now that your hood's being invaded by the biggest gang there is, there ain’t a peep out of you.
    — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025
  • Nothing but smoke and fires roaming freely, invading even our graves.
    — Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
  • Just so, China must be put in the position of first to fire and invade.
    — Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021
  • In addition to the strong winds, a bitter shot of arctic air will invade the area.
    — Steven Sosna, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • If water has been invading for years, mold or rot could be hiding under the wall or floor.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 May 2026
  • But invading Ukraine didn’t add up either.
    — Marc Champion, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The White House tried to invade the second largest city in the country.
    — Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Threatening to invade it is a new issue.
    — CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Here are a few tips to keep mosquitoes, roaches, rats and more from invading your home.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 29 Mar. 2024

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