was infecting
- past progressive of infect.
Example Sentences
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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
The main thing with TB was it was infecting children and adults.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2023
This was true in August, when the Delta variant was infecting about 30,000 people a day and stadiums were filled with soccer fans.
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
