How to Use rabies in a Sentence

rabies

noun
  • The fox has been sent to a lab to be tested for rabies, the statement said.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2021
  • The specter of rabies halted Mullins’s laugh like a door slammed shut.
    — Chris Offutt, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
  • In most cases, and in most parts of the world, rabies is a death sentence.
    — James Gorman, New York Times, 22 July 2019
  • In an area declared by the state as a rabies zone, that’s cause for concern.
    — David Whiting, Orange County Register, 6 Mar. 2017
  • The bat was captured and went on to test positive for rabies.
    — CBS News, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Cops found him and took him to the hospital, where he was treated for rabies.
    — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Nathan, then 7 years old, received a child’s dose of two drugs to prevent rabies.
    — New York Times, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Adult cats and ferrets must receive a rabies shot every year.
    — Iris Katz, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 14 Nov. 2020
  • The couple found out about the rabies 24 hours later, the first case in the area in over a year.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The coyote was shot and killed by park rangers and tested negative for rabies.
    — NBC News, 17 Aug. 2021
  • And don’t forget to have your pets spayed and neutered and vaccinated against rabies.
    — Washington Post, 7 June 2021
  • Raccoons and foxes spread rabies and other diseases…the list goes on.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Notably, the only way to test for rabies in canines is to test their brain, which requires them to be put down.
    — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2022
  • One report stated that five of nine dogs were not up to date with rabies shots and eight of nine didn’t have licenses.
    — Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2022
  • Police said the dog had a blue collar with a rabies vaccination tag and the dog’s name.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2019
  • At the same time, a rabies outbreak occurs and the whole district is quarantined.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Because the agency doesn’t use tax dollars, its revenue comes largely from the sales of rabies tags.
    — Giles Bruce, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2022
  • In 1988, a new type of dog rabies was brought in from Mexico.
    — Mike Stobbe, Star Tribune, 14 June 2021
  • The strange incident marks the first human case of rabies in the state since 1954.
    — Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Reynolds said the animal was tested for rabies - and the results were negative for the virus.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The pup, thought to be around five to six weeks old, was cleared for rabies and given its first round of vaccinations, Mertz said.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 8 May 2022
  • Middle Ages, the relics of Saint Hubert were believed to cure rabies.
    — John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The last time a dog acquired a rabies infection in Colorado was in 1974.
    — John Ingold, The Denver Post, 15 May 2017
  • Both were injured by the raccoon and must receive shots for rabies, ABC 7 reports.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Lastly, raccoons also carry a higher risk of being a rabies vector—a concern for people and pets.
    — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 20 June 2026
  • Nancy adds that her family didn't know that the community was dropping the rabies baits, and didn't receive any mailers about the drop.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Before last month’s case, Garland had not documented a case of rabies in the city since 2009.
    — Patrick Strickland, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2020
  • In 2021, five people in the United States died of rabies — the highest number in a decade.
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 6 Jan. 2022
  • But there hasn't been a rabies death in the state since 1968, when a young boy was bitten by an infected dog in Cowley County.
    — Andy Marso, kansascity, 10 July 2018
  • Health officials tested the Idaho man’s right kidney, which had not been donated, and detected a rabies variant linked to silver-haired bats.
    — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 11 Dec. 2025

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