infect
verb (used with object)
to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
were 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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Treasurys to the value of the dollar, looking for signs that the events of Nov. 7 — when FTX began melting down in earnest — were infecting broader markets.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2022
They are analyzing the genetic fingerprints of the virus samples taken now to trace chains of transmission and determine how commonly fully vaccinated people were infecting one another.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
That was how the cats were infecting one another and their caretakers: Yeasts in their wounds and saliva flew from cat to cat when they fought or jostled or sneezed.
From Scientific American ● May 18, 2021
It seems likely that we were infecting one another as we planned our response to coronavirus, until we got our social distancing house in order.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2020
The ones causing the epidemic to grow — the ones who were infecting two and three and four and five others with their disease — were the remaining 168.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
