How to Use virus in a Sentence

virus

noun
  • The software checks your hard drive for viruses.
  • Is the illness caused by bacteria or a virus?
  • I think I have the virus that's going around this winter.
  • The measles virus lingers in the air.
    — Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Then there's the way the virus spreads.
    — Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Here’s what to know about the virus.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 4 May 2026
  • There is no medicine to cure the virus.
    — Annette Regan, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
  • This is not some clunky virus from years ago.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The measles virus can live for up to two hours in the air.
    — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 21 Mar. 2026
  • There is no treatment for the virus.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Flu viruses evolve all the time.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 6 Jan. 2026
  • How does a virus affect the heart?
    — Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Some whole-virus vaccines are still used.
    — Mustafa Fattah, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The virus that causes the flu hasn't gone away.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
  • With a new virus comes a whole new set of rules and etiquette.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The virus can cause a fever, cough, runny nose and red eyes.
    — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The virus was lethal, but the scale of our despair was built.
    — Jennifer W. Tsai, STAT, 18 Jan. 2026
  • There is no cure for the Nipah virus.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Bond chokes Blofeld, who quickly dies from the virus.
    — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
  • But he was never tested for the virus.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026
  • Some cases of the virus have been confirmed in the area.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 25 May 2026
  • The risk to people turns on what the virus does in mammals.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • Measles is the most contagious virus known in the world.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Humans are the only hosts of the virus.
    — Don Sweeney april 14, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • But the lesions and blisters caused by the virus are painful.
    — Hartford Courant, 30 July 2022
  • Adults have less of a chance of contracting the virus.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The virus has a running head start, and every minute counts.
    — Tom Frieden, STAT, 6 June 2026
  • For some people, the pain unleashed by the virus lingers.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The airborne virus can spread when someone coughs or sneezes.
    — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The airborne virus can spread when someone coughs or sneezes.
    — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026

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