How to Use person-to-person in a Sentence

person-to-person

adjective or adverb
  • Try to approach this from a person-to-person place.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Rotavirus is shed in stools and spreads through close person-to-person contact.
    — Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024
  • There has not been any evidence of person-to-person spread.
    — Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The bacteria that cause the disease can spread from person-to-person through the air.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Andes virus is the only hantavirus that can spread person-to-person.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2026
  • Whooping cough is spread from person-to-person through coughing and sneezing.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 31 May 2024
  • Whooping cough is spread from person-to-person through coughing and sneezing.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Health officials say there is no evidence of person-to-person spread at this time.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2024
  • One volunteer even went person-to-person in the crowd of at least 100.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The health agency maintains that the public health risk is low and there is no known person-to-person spread at this time.
    — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025
  • The Andes virus is the only type of hantavirus that is known to spread person-to-person.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 11 May 2026
  • Malaria isn't contagious and can't be spread person-to-person.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • There is no evidence of person-to-person transmission of the virus.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Parts of Africa have been dealing with sustained person-to-person spread of the more severe strain of mpox.
    — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The county noted that the virus cannot spread from person-to-person, only from insect to human.
    — Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
  • This person-to-person connection forms bonds that no click funnel, no online course, no book can create.
    — Larry Dvoskin, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
  • But other skills that require more person-to-person contact are seeing more demand.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 May 2024
  • But not all cases of Andes infection lead to person-to-person spread.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 7 May 2026
  • There is no person-to-person spread of the bird flu, according to the CDC.
    — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The rash can last up to four weeks, with the disease usually spreading through close person-to-person or skin-to-skin contact.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 8 July 2024
  • The Sin Nombre strain has not been linked to person-to-person transmission.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 11 May 2026
  • Whether credit cards, debit cards, person-to-person, crypto, and surely beyond, the costs are poised to fall.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • To date, 64 human cases have been identified with the virus, and there is no known person-to-person spread.
    — Tim Carman The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Malaria is transmitted through mosquito bites and can’t be spread person-to-person.
    — Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 27 June 2023
  • However, Shah said there is no evidence that person-to-person spread has happened so far.
    — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 31 May 2024
  • Symptoms of lead poisoning can vary person-to-person and can depend on the amount of lead in a product, how often it is used and for how long.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024
  • With the wide interest in rice water for hair health, applications and methods tend to vary person-to-person.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Health officials say the current risk to the public from bird flu remains low, as no person-to-person spread has been detected.
    — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Shah said the new blood test study does not raise concerns about the possibility of person-to-person transmission.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2024
  • While harvests play less of a role today, the magic of the person-to-person interactions remain.
    — Bernadette Keith, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025

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