antibiotic

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

On average, the test can determine which antibiotic will be effective in about 5.85 hours.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

"So I hope people are reassured that we are managing it, antibiotic provision is there, we're standing up vaccination and general risk is low even if the disease itself is very serious."

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

The discovery led to the first widely used antibiotic and transformed modern medicine.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

Scientists in Leiden have developed a new antibiotic called EVG7 that can combat the dangerous gut bacterium C. difficile using only a very small dose.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

Similarly, Marianne’s boyfriend lost his job as a roofer because he missed so much time after getting a cut on his foot for which he couldn’t afford the prescribed antibiotic.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich