INFECTION in a Sentence

Learn INFECTION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
64 example sentences for INFECTION, such as:
1. The horse's terror infected the men.
2. I have infected everything I touched.
3. Then the whole herd caught the infection.
4. Hot applications helped to localize the infection.
5. Antibiotics is effective to cure throat infection.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of INFECTION
infection
 n.  an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
 n.  the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
Classic Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1  Then the whole herd caught the infection.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
2  There was a moral infection of clap-trap in him.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
3  Semi-starvation and neglected colds had predisposed most of the pupils to receive infection: forty-five out of the eighty girls lay ill at one time.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
4  Another nature seemed to have been lent him: the infection of the excitement and youth about him entered into and transformed his moody mistrustfulness.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
5  I will not have this room shunned as if it were infected, at the pleasure of a child.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8. MY HOLIDAYS. ESPECIALLY ONE HAPPY AFTERNOON
6  I have infected everything I touched.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 39. WICKFIELD AND HEEP
7  Shame at their spiritual nakedness crushed her and infected him.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 11
8  Alexey Alexandrovitch had begun to speak boldly, but as he realized plainly what he was speaking of, the dismay she was feeling infected him too.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 29
9  His awkwardness infected the pretty sister-in-law too.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 26
10  Levin looked round at her, and was struck by the joyful radiance on her face, and unconsciously her feeling infected him.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 6
11  The spark of joy kindled in Kitty seemed to have infected everyone in the church.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 6
12  Even the servants were infected by the general gaiety.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
13  The cheerful mood of their officers after the inspection infected the soldiers.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
14  The horse's terror infected the men.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXXVI
15  Thanks to her activity and energy, which infected her fellow travelers, they approached Yaroslavl by the end of the second week.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER XIV
Example Sentence: (40 in 3 pages)
1  Unfortunately these drugs are quite toxic and hinder the body's ability to fight off infection.
2  There are many creams available from the chemist which should clear the infection.
3  This new type of infection is resistant to antibiotics.
4  This acute infection of the brain is almost invariably fatal.
5  Our doctor diagnosed a throat infection and prescribed antibiotic and junior aspirin.
6  The drug must be taken from the onset of the infection.
7  Antibiotics is effective to cure throat infection.
8  People can fight infection more easily if they have an adequate diet.
9  Hot applications helped to localize the infection.
10  All blood products are now heat treated to kill off any infection.
11  The risk of infection is confined to groups such as medical personnel.
12  If the primary infection is not treated further outbreaks may occur.
13  The operation had left her susceptible to infection.
14  Dressings are changed four hourly to help prevent infection.
15  Vaccination is essential to protect people exposed to hepatitis B infection.