Example sentences for: virulent

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

  • The International Herald Tribune, in a front-page article from Singapore by Michael Richardson, reported that the fierce austerity programs being demanded of Asian countries by the International Monetary Fund "could ignite virulent anti-Americanism" and "create dangerous instability in Asia."

  • The precise biological role of SLS in streptococcal infections remains controversial [ 7 ] . The original analysis of the sagA gene demonstrated that inactivation of the gene encoding the polypeptide component of SLS rendered the organism less virulent in a dermonecrotic mouse model [ 3 ] . In a related series of studies, Li et al also isolated a mutant that not only lacked SLS activity but also affected other phenotypes [ 4 ] . The additional phenotypes included surface M and M-related protein as well as the secreted cysteine protease, streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B, SpeB [ 4 ] . The disrupted gene was termed pel (pleotrophic effect locus).

  • President Clinton's visit to Greece was marred (or enlivened, depending on your point of view) by what the New York Times described as "virulent anti-American protests."

  • In addition, virulent strains of A. vitis not previously controlled by F2/5 are controlled following the addition of the trifolitoxin production and resistance genes to F2/5.

  • There's an especially virulent subdivision of the above: smart formula crap that makes the viewer dumb.


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