Example sentences for: contagious

How can you use “contagious” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Titania, queen of the fairies, has already seduced Theseus, duke of Athens, and the struggle between her and her mate, Oberon, for possession of an orphaned changeling boy has generated hurricanes, floods, and "contagious fogs."

  • The contagious hyperbole of the Internet clearly had an impact on the life of "Dark Alliance."

  • In one realm of life--finance--almost everyone now accepts that technology is tying the welfare of Americans more closely to the welfare of foreigners; in a globalized economy, an economic downturn abroad can be contagious.

  • To determine if airborne microorganisms can be inactivated, and therefore, prevent infection transmission, studies during the 1940's-1970's used ultraviolet germicidal irradation (UVGI) to inactivated airborne microorganisms under experimental conditions [ 19 20 21 22 ] and reduced airborne infections in a number of settings, such as hospitals [ 23 ] , military housing [ 24 ] , and classrooms [ 25 ] . However, UVGI was not effective against the highly contagious measles virus when children had extensive contact in buses and crowded tenements [ 26 27 ] . Thus, it fell into disfavor and has not been extensively employed nor has it been studied using molecular methods of detecting its efficacy.

  • The highly contagious virus was declared eradicated in 1979, and routine vaccinations ended.


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