How to Use vaccinate in a Sentence

vaccinate

verb
  • We vaccinate all the animals that come to our shelter.
  • Get checked and vaccinate your damn kids!
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2026
  • Those who have had mpox do not need to be vaccinated.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026
  • And young men who haven’t been vaccinated can still get the shots.
    — Carla K. Johnson, Fortune Well, 23 May 2024
  • Some of the kids are vaccinated, some are not.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • This was the way adults get vaccinated.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2025
  • One of the best ways to prevent rotavirus is to vaccinate your child.
    — Sarah Bradley, Health, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Carney said he had been vaccinated against the virus as a child.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Now, some parents ask for her by name to vaccinate their children.
    — Jennifer Lotito, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Now there is enough to vaccinate adults and children, and for booster shots.
    — Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2021
  • All dogs and puppies over four weeks old should be vaccinated, the school said.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • If your child isn’t vaccinated, now — not later — is the time to do it.
    — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
  • If your child isn’t vaccinated, now — not later — is the time to do it.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
  • My belief is that my kid should be vaccinated.
    — Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • See where to get vaccinated here.
    — Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2025
  • All of them had no record of being vaccinated.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
  • There are no plans to vaccinate children under 6 months of age.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 9 June 2022
  • Doctors who are ready to vaccinate their own kids want other parents to line up, too.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2021
  • The health department did not say whether the teen was vaccinated or not.
    — Fox19 Digital Staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Liam and his two sisters had been vaccinated.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
  • More than half of those with long Covid had been fully vaccinated.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024
  • But Ladapo has refused to say whether kids should be vaccinated at all.
    — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This is also the guy who told people not to wear masks, not to lock down, not to get vaccinated.
    — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
  • From a selfish perspective as well, there’s a need to vaccinate the world.
    — Kk Ottesen, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2021
  • There's been a concerted effort to find those kids and vaccinate them.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 24 June 2025
  • Not all experts have taken the same stance; some have argued that there’s no rush to vaccinate kids.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 1 July 2021
  • And all but one occurred in people who were not vaccinated.
    — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2026
  • However, the road to vaccinate the country has not been easy.
    — Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Still, some people who are vaccinated may need a booster shot.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The dogs will also be spayed or neutered, are microchipped and vaccinated.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026

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