infect
verb (used with object)
to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
was infecting
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past progressiveof infect.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Before the vaccine was introduced in 1963, measles was infecting 4 million Americans annually and killing about 450.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2024
In an audience Friday with Argentine pilgrims in town for the ceremony, Francis held Mama Antula up as a model of charity at a time in which, he said, “radical individualism” was infecting society today.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
At its peak last year, mpox - previously known as monkeypox - was infecting 350 people per week, with the majority of cases amongst men who have sex with men.
From BBC ● May 25, 2023
A middle-aged woman, who had a fever and back pain and feared she had the virus that was infecting hundreds of thousands around the world, waited with her husband in an idling black Nissan Sentra.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2020
His manner of speaking was infecting me, making me pompous.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
