become infected with
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.
Each year, up to 1 billion people globally become infected with seasonal flu.
From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2026
In California, 34 people have become infected with H5N1, with all but one contracting the virus from infected dairy.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024
She said they had become infected with groupthink – no-one was challenging the orthodoxy.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024
Experiments at Richt’s lab have shown that pigs can easily become infected with a different 2.3.4.4b virus.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 30, 2024
Since the condition depends upon whether one or the other become infected with the generally present bacillus of tubercle, it is evident that there can be no distinctive diathesis.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various
