Example Sentences

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Now there is research which reveals chimps even pee contagiously.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2025

I still yawn contagiously during social interactions, but seeing the stimuli that I use in the lab no longer produces the effect.

From Science Magazine • May 24, 2022

Ms. Jinich, usually so contagiously upbeat it can be exhausting, could barely contain her sadness in front of the camera.

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2018

Cases in which a number of patients report physical symptoms with no detectable cause, they say, can have a variety of non-external origins, including psychological factors such as stress, and can spread contagiously.

From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2018

She looked at him a minute, and then laughed contagiously.

From Bambi by Cooke, Marjorie Benton