infest
verb (used with object)
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do.
infests
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present tense formof infest (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“Practical Magic 2” is the story of an ancient recurring curse: the lack of originality that infests Hollywood like the frosty cloud that seeps into Regan’s bedroom in “The Exorcist.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
It costs $200 to $500 per tree, and must be done as a preventive measure, Graves added, because once a beetle infests a tree, it’s too late.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 24, 2021
The kids may be top students, but the culture of money and luxury brands that infests the campuses leaves them feeling like lower-class outcasts rather than full members of the community.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2019
On behalf of myself, at least, I apologize.... for the uninformed judgmentalism that infests our voyeuristic culture...
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2018
This insect infests about a third of Africa, posing a menace to human health and preventing the keeping of livestock in an area of some 4% million square miles of wooded grasslands.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
