contagious

Example Sentences

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“She was excited about life and excited where she was and it’s a contagious feeling,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

But its endless expanses have been swept by panic since an outbreak of highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease, which was declared a national disaster in February.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Canine distemper virus is a highly contagious disease that attacks the host's respiratory, gastrointestinal and nervous systems.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

But some 8.5 million people are suffering the breakdown of food distribution, widespread unemployment, the collapse of hospitals, the failure of public sanitation and potable-water supplies, a housing deficit, and epidemics of contagious diseases.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

“Is it contagious? Does his sitting in this hogan mean that all of us are at risk of the same poisoning?”

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young