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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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
The main thing with TB was it was infecting children and adults.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2023
Extremely transmissible and able to evade immune system protections, it was infecting even people who were fully vaccinated or had just recently had an infection.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
It was true in December when shoppers were out in force, even while Omicron was infecting 120,000 people a day.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2022
I can only explain the scientific mania that overtook my father during that spring of ’59 as a symptom of the belief in progress that was infecting everyone back then.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
